Sleep clung to me like fog. Somewhere in the distance, there was a knock..... faint, hesitant at first, then sharper. I tried to ignore it, dragging the duvet higher, burying my face in the pillow. The knocking didn’t stop. It grew steadier, more deliberate, and threaded itself into my half-dreams until it finally dragged me out of them.
I groaned, rolling over, eyes barely open. The bed shifted beside me, and I heard Kay’s quiet sigh, then his voice, low and rough with sleep.
“I got it.”
The mattress dipped as he got up, footsteps padding softly across the floor. Then came the sound of the door unlocking, followed by a blur of muffled voices. I couldn’t make out the words, only the tones..... polite, cautious, not angry, but not familiar either.
I lay there for a minute, waiting for h
