There were some awfully loud scratching sounds. I opened my eyes, awaking to the attack in my eardrums. Careful not to wake Carter I lifted my body to sit. I silently lifted my feet from beneath the blanket and stepped onto the floor. I walked to the window, ignoring the sound that my sigh made, watching the hanging tree branch scrape against the glass. I looked back at my sleeping husband then to the children snuggled tightly underneath the covers. Convinced of their oblivion I dipped into my bag and yanked out my white gown, the closest thing to casual as I could find.
I tied the bow at my chest and snatched my bag from the table before I quietly slipped out of the room. As I pushed through the hotel doors, the crisp early morning air cooling my skin, it came to my attention that I had
