Rose didn’t expect to sleep that night. She kept her gun close as she curled up in her nest of blankets on the floor, Callie only feet away. When Callie wouldn’t stop pacing, however, Rose gave in and let Callie join her in her “bed.”
“Just for this once,” she whispered. She knew full well she was doing it more for herself than for Callie.
Callie’s warm weight and the quiet sounds of the night lulled Rose to sleep, but not before her thoughts turned toward Seth. She wondered if she should tell him what was going on. Didn’t he have a right to know, now that Johnny had threatened to hurt him?
She knew the answer. He deserved to know, even if it humiliated her. And even if he never looked at her the same way again.
That thought was her last as she fell asleep. Her dreams were scattered, b
