KRISTA’S HEAD REELED from what she had just heard. Growing up in the girls’ home, she had never believed in fantasies or fairy tales. No Santa Claus, no Tooth Fairy, and she wasn’t about to believe he was an alien from the stars!
“I do not expect anything. I am merely stating the truth.” His arms were folded over his smooth, broad chest, and Krista wished he'd pull up the covers.
She began rubbing her temples which had started throbbing around thirty minutes ago. The scratch on her cheek was now throbbing too. She hadn’t thought to take care of it any more than the cleansing it got during her last brief trip to the bathroom. She doubted it would leave a scar. As if that mattered.
Her thoughts turned back to the man just a few feet from her and suddenly she felt giddy. A spaceman? Of cou
