TUESDAY

Dawn slept like a baby. She breathed out softly and the sound of her gentle sighs made me know that sleep brought calm and peace to her. The moonlight was shining bright today. She had her head and a hand on my chest. She insisted that I slept by her and I agreed as long as fulfilling her wish would make her happy.

I didn't sleep not because I enjoyed watching the gentle rise and fall of her back, but because sleep wouldn't even come to me. I was sure it would take ...