Sally lay beside Jake and watched him sleep, her heart heavy. They were both in his bed, in his room which they had shared since the first night that they had s*x together. In fact, as far as they were both concerned, it was their room, as most of her clothes were now in the room, and she barely ever went to her own room. He looked so handsome as he lay there with his tousled hair and relaxed expression that it was all she could do not to place a tender kiss on his forehead. Today was the day that he was to travel for his friend, Chad’s mother’s burial, the one that he did not invite her to come with him to.
The burial was to take place in his hometown, where his mom and three sisters all lived. Sally was beginning to think that Jake did not want his family to know about her. He was prob
