CHAPTER 10
GALEN
When my eyes finally opened, I looked over at the clock and it read ten-thirty in the morning. I hadn’t slept this late in years, but it felt good to know that I wouldn’t be heading into work. Looking up at the wood beamed ceiling I smiled as the memories of last night came flooding back. After our night in the hot tub, we came straight inside and passed out on the bed, or at least she did. I watched her for most of the night, holding her while she slept. It brought back a time when I held her and watched her cry herself to sleep eight years ago, but this time she wouldn’t be leaving me like she did then. I planned on having her in my arms for the rest of my life … if she’d have me. Only when I knew she was ready would I ask her.
Actually, it dawned on me that Korinne w
