Felicity thought for a moment. “I know but I just want to go back to sleep. Maybe another time.”
“Okay. No pressure, though.”
She nodded. “Goodnight, Charlotte.”
I lingered in the hall as she returned to her room, the thud of her closing door echoing through the quiet building. It was moments like this that I wished I was just as good with people as with animals. Maybe Felicity would’ve felt more at ease then. I wanted to be someone capable of forming that emotional bond but it just wasn’t my forte.
With a yawn, I returned to bed as well. Two and a half more hours until it was time to wake again.
Chapter. 9
Waking up the next morning was t*****e but I was more worried about Felicity than myself. I contemplated knocking on her door but I didn’t want to wake her in case she didn’t have
