AFTERWARDS, I DIDN’T fall asleep again. We lay curled against one another, basking in the mid-afternoon warmth. Vodka finished, we’d opened another couple of cans to quench our substantial thirsts.
With blood starting to flow back into my brain, I was trying to work through the nightmares that had awoken me. They seemed to be more than just nightmares. Some of those visions had felt like memories. But from long ago. No, that wasn’t right. From somewhere buried deep in my subconscious mind, hidden away in a locked room that had just been opened for the first time. What did they mean?
“You think we can do this again?” Her fingers brushed the hair on my chest as she spoke softly into my shoulder.
“Give me a moment to catch my breath, woman.”
The slap on the chest and the bite on the arm w
