LIZZIE WOKE UP TO BRIGHT sunlight streaming through the lace curtains and hitting her in the face. She groaned and rolled over, starting to drift off again - until the memory of the night’s events surfaced. She bolted upright in bed, wide awake.
Donny was in bed with me.
She had zero memory of her dreams. But she remembered with perfect clarity the moment she’d realized she wasn’t alone in her bed. She’d opened her eyes to find Donny beside her, holding her close. She racked her brain to try to recall what exactly he’d said to her as he turned her loose and left her room and couldn’t summon it to the forefront of her mind.
Lizzie threw the covers back, suddenly angry. Since I don’t remember, he can damn well tell me again and hope I don’t kick his a*s, she fumed as she flung open her do
