Chapter Eleven
Caleb
The heat of the sun angling across the bed woke me. For a hazy moment, I was confused. I felt the warm, lush body curled up against me and a leg tucked in between mine. As consciousness filtered in and my brain came online, I remembered
Ella was here.
With me.
It suddenly occurred to me that I’d never actually spent the night with her. You don’t really get a chance to do that in high school, unless your parents aren’t paying attention, or you’re sneaky enough to pull it off somehow.
I couldn’t say I never tried to persuade Ella on that account, but I’d never gotten away with it. Willow Brook was small, and her father was the police chief. She’d reminded me time and again, there were no secrets for her and she hadn’t wanted to face her parents’ disappointment.
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