Chapter Eight
Josie opened her eyes as the tapping increased in intensity. Was it a bird, a squirrel, a possum? She discarded all of them when she heard a man’s voice.
“Melanie, you awake?”
Josie rolled over to look at Melanie lying beside her, the younger woman was fast asleep and a few moments later she nudged her and sat up.
“Someone’s here.”
Melanie mumbled something and flopped over onto her belly as Josie slid out of bed and reached for her dressing gown, remembering at that moment that she was still stark naked. She rarely slept naked but out here it didn’t seem to matter and besides, she’d had company last night.
“f**k,” Melanie raised her head, “what’s he doing here?”
“Who?”
“John, my brother,” she got up on her knees, “I’ll handle this, you get dressed.”
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