Sleep never came yet I stuck it out. My eyes closed with me drifting in a state of sleep but very much conscious. I could hear the distant voices, could feel the people pass to talk with Mathew who gave them word on what to do. My feet were pulled up with my head laying on my knees.
“You can go to the bed love.” Mathew had offered yet I had given him the best smile I could and refused. Just knowing that he was a few feet away had me feel better so I had sat there, just thinking, my head pounding as my thoughts poisoned every cell in my body. In my head, I was counting down the hours, just thinking of how close we were, how close I was to losing him, how close I was from watching him leave.
Time was flying by and soon we were having dinner, a whole day gone by with me sure that the
