Lizzie woke suddenly, startled at first by her surroundings. Oh yeah, she remembered hazily. My bed is tainted now so I crashed out in here. She looked around the guest room as tears filled her eyes. That’s enough, she told herself sternly. They aren’t worth your time or your tears, either one of them. She sighed and swung her feet to the floor.
She looked at her wristwatch. “Gotta be on shift in four,” she said aloud. She really didn’t want to go back into her bedroom, but she had no choice. All her clothes were in there. She gritted her teeth and slowly walked toward the place where her heart had been mortally wounded. “I would rather be in a gunfight right now, I swear to God,” she muttered.
Taking a deep breath, she crossed the threshold, refusing to even look toward the bed as she h
