Be My Baby
“Sometime in the early morning she slipped into a sort of semi-conscious state that was as much like sleep as she could get under the circumstances.You could be sleeping in Lars Toleffson’s house, with Lars and Daisy right next door.Her shoulders tightened. She’d come as close to trusting Lars Toleffson as she’d come to trusting anyone over the past two years. But trust wasn’t something she gave easily these days. Better to be untrusting if it kept Jack safe.A combination of sunlight on her face and Jack’s excited squeals woke her at seven-thirty. Jack was clearly delighted to find his mother stretched out on the floor beside his crib. Giggling, he stretched his hands between the rails, trying to touch her face.Jess pushed herself to her feet, straightening out the kinks in her back and legs. “Morning, kid. Nice to see at least one of us has no ill effects from last night.”He pulled himself up on the crib rails and reached for her urgently.“Okay, okay,” she muttered, yawning.
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