“How long did you leave me in the shed?” she asked, seeing it was still dark outside.
He looked at his watch, “two hours.”
“Just two hours?” She was shocked.
“You can see it wasn’t all night,” he said pointing to the sky outside her window.
“But, I was certain …”
He gave her one brief smirk. “Perhaps I should have left you longer?”
“Oh, no!”
“Next time you can count on it.”
“There won’t be a next time,” she said shaking her head defiantly.
“That remains to be seen how well you remember when the memory’s not so fresh.”
With that, the blindfold went over her eyes and she lay back to sleep. For a moment Adam remained with her, stroking her cheek. If only she could see the expression on his face.
“Perhaps you’d like to know, Eden, I have the shed regularly treated for pests, ter
