JV got ready for bed carefully. She"d decided tonight she would make her move and she wanted things to be right. She"d spent the last couple of days thinking about what Karen had said, and had come to the conclusion that people would think whatever they wanted to think, it didn"t matter what the truth was. With that in mind, she knew it was time.
She"d told her mother her plans before their parents had left earlier that day. Her mom had been hesitant at first, but when she"d realized JV was ready, she"d become nothing but supportive.
JV pulled the blankets back and slipped between the sheets while she waited for Steve to finish brushing his teeth.
She was lying back, looking up at the ceiling, absently twisting the new ring on her left hand when he came in.
"I hope that look is because
