When Love's At Work
“Sweat trickled down her back and her breathing ragged. She gulped air hungrily into her lungs. Pure felt like she had been running for hours. It was just a dream, only it wasn’t, not really. It was a memory. A memory of Derek Worthington.
Purity grabbed the water bottle she kept by her bed on a side table and let the cool water refresh her dry mouth. She reached for the phone and called Courtney.
“What’s up? Why are you awake in the middle of the night?”
“I had the dream, uh, memory again.” Pur...ity tried to keep her voice from breaking.
“I’ll be right over.”
“No. No, Court, you don’t need to come over. I just… I just needed to hear a friendly voice.”
“That damn self-righteous sonofabitch,” Courtney began. “They should have castrated him.
Strung him up by his balls and then yanked ‘em right off, or worse!”
“I haven’t had the dre… memory in almost a year. It was probably triggered by his phone call.”
“He called you? When? What did he say?”
“He called today, while I was on my way to the fundraiser.MoreLess
Purity grabbed the water bottle she kept by her bed on a side table and let the cool water refresh her dry mouth. She reached for the phone and called Courtney.
“What’s up? Why are you awake in the middle of the night?”
“I had the dream, uh, memory again.” Pur...ity tried to keep her voice from breaking.
“I’ll be right over.”
“No. No, Court, you don’t need to come over. I just… I just needed to hear a friendly voice.”
“That damn self-righteous sonofabitch,” Courtney began. “They should have castrated him.
Strung him up by his balls and then yanked ‘em right off, or worse!”
“I haven’t had the dre… memory in almost a year. It was probably triggered by his phone call.”
“He called you? When? What did he say?”
“He called today, while I was on my way to the fundraiser.MoreLess
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