Theodore held her arm and she slapped his hand away, and took the cotton sheet from the bed, and wrapped it around her trembling body.
"Don't you dare touch me," she spat those words and raced into the bathroom to check her neck in the mirror.
Yes. There were two tiny pinpricks on her carotid artery but no bruising. She touched it. There was no pain. At least that was something. She then bared her teeth, checked her gums, and decided she was probably losing her mind.
Theodore opened the bathroom door, now wearing his low-slung jeans unbuttoned at the waist, and she didn't know whether to be relieved or bitterly disappointed.
He leaned against the door looking all loose and limber and totally relaxed as his eyes met hers in the mirror.
"I suppose you think this is really funny, a big j
