Crush
I was just drifting off to sleep, my eyes closing heavily, when I heard a soft tap on what sounded like the living room bay window. I sat up, realizing I was on the sofa in the main living room. The late evening sun was still streaming through the windows, spilling pools of light onto the carpet indicating it wasn’t yet night time. Scrambling with my thoughts, I searched to remember if I had set the alarm code on the front gates. Yes I’m sure I had, I thought, feeling only ninety percent sure.
I reached for my phone stuck in between the sofa cushions to check for a message, hoping it was someone I knew outside.
I felt slightly relieved to see a message there I must have not heard while nearly asleep.
Kitty, Sweets…I’m on my way. S.
The numbers on my phone that lit up when I clos
