By the time she had pulled into the driveway back home, the sun was high in the sky, and the absence of sleep had become overly apparent.

Her body felt sluggish, eyes heavy, but despite all of that, her lips still tingled from where Charley had kissed her. With a smile, she hopped out of the Jeep and made her way toward the front door. Briefly, she glanced to where Thea had stood before. She wasn’t there now, of course, but Jaxx couldn’t shake feeling like part of the woman ...