Allie nodded and glanced at Jacob one last time before she turned on her heel and walked out of the bedroom. She hurried down the stairs, stopping only long enough to grab her jacket off the hook next to the front door. She flung it over her arm before pulling the keys to her truck out of her back pocket.
This was one of those times when she was thankful that she didn’t carry a purse. It just got in the way. Opening the front door, she quietly stepped outside onto the porch and closed the door behind her. Already, she had pushed the thought of the man upstairs back into the little box that she kept in her mind in case she needed it. That box is where she hid all the things she didn’t want to feel or think about.
The stars were brilliant tonight, but Allie’s heart wasn’t seeing the beauty
