*Olivia*

I stirred into consciousness as a bright light passed over my closed eyelids. I groaned at the sudden intrusion, turning on my side and away from the offending light.

I was dazed for a minute as my brain powered up and memories came flooding back–Dahlia going missing, Giovani leaving and then coming back… the terrible nightmare that had awoken me, and how I’d gone to Giovani, the way I’d broken down on him, and he had held me all night ...