Sacred: a Novel
“I opened one eye and looked into the face of Desiree Stone.
“Hi,” she said again, her voice a whisper.
“Hi,” I said.
“You want coffee?” she said.
“Sure.”
“Sssh.” She put a finger to her lips.
I turned, saw Angie sleeping deeply beside me.
“It’s in the next room,” Desiree said and left.
I sat up in bed and took my watch off the dresser. Ten in the morning. I’d had six hours’ sleep, but it felt like about six minutes. The last time I’d slept before last night had been at least forty hours previou...s. But I guess I couldn’t sleep through the day.
Angie seemed to be giving it a good bid, though.
She was curled into the tight fetal ball I’d become accustomed to during her months on my living room floor. The sheet had risen up to her waist, and I reached over and pulled it back over her legs, tucked it in at the corner of the mattress.
She didn’t stir or so much as groan when I got off the bed. I put on jeans and a long-sleeved T-shirt as quietly as possible and headed toward the door adjoining the suites, then stopped.MoreLess
“Hi,” she said again, her voice a whisper.
“Hi,” I said.
“You want coffee?” she said.
“Sure.”
“Sssh.” She put a finger to her lips.
I turned, saw Angie sleeping deeply beside me.
“It’s in the next room,” Desiree said and left.
I sat up in bed and took my watch off the dresser. Ten in the morning. I’d had six hours’ sleep, but it felt like about six minutes. The last time I’d slept before last night had been at least forty hours previou...s. But I guess I couldn’t sleep through the day.
Angie seemed to be giving it a good bid, though.
She was curled into the tight fetal ball I’d become accustomed to during her months on my living room floor. The sheet had risen up to her waist, and I reached over and pulled it back over her legs, tucked it in at the corner of the mattress.
She didn’t stir or so much as groan when I got off the bed. I put on jeans and a long-sleeved T-shirt as quietly as possible and headed toward the door adjoining the suites, then stopped.MoreLess
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