After breakfast, I slipped away to the bathroom to get ready for the date Kay had promised me. The room filled with warmth almost immediately, steam curling into the air and fogging the glass until everything around me blurred. The steady patter of hot water against tile was soothing, washing away the last traces of sleep and leaving me humming softly under my breath.
I scrubbed my skin in slow, lazy circles, still carrying the faintest smile from Kay’s antics at the table. I could picture him now....stretched out on the couch like he owned the world, one arm thrown behind his head, feigning nonchalance while secretly listening for every sound I made. The thought made me chuckle.
Then, cutting sharply through the hiss of the shower, came a sound that didn’t belong. My phone buzzed. Once.
