Chapter Nine
Trance
I woke to Becca’s soft kisses, disoriented in a strange bed, overflowing with conflicted thoughts and emotions, with something up my ass and headphones over my ears.
“Wake up, baby. Time to make dinner. Nothing complicated, we have more things to do.”
I took a deep breath. “Can we ... ?”
“We’ll talk later. Right now all you need to know is that you’ve given me another of the best days of my life. Thank you, sincerely.” She kissed me. “I’m almost looking forward to finding out who I’ll be tomorrow.” Then she smiled, one hand caressing my hair as the other gently removed my headphones, which were attached to an iPod nano. Her smile was the warmest I’d ever seen from her.
I smiled back, more tentatively.
“Why the headphones?”
She gave my shoulder a little push. “Re
