Chapter 28 Stephanie Her alarm on her cell phone blared in her ear the next morning. Stephanie stretched and then rolled over to quiet her phone. At the sight of her phone, her call with Jake from the night before crept back into her mind, causing her to blush a deep red. She got a high from knowing that even though he wasn’t lying next to her, he was still hers in every way. She slid out of bed and dreamily got dressed and ready for the day. Her work week was over and she wasn’t sure what her day was going to consist of. Mike seemed well on his way to a hangover when she had last seen him, so she crept quietly downstairs. Mike wasn’t on the couch and the blankets were gone. She figured he must have got sick of the couch and went upstairs to sleep. Stephanie savored the silence and the

