Part Thirty-Three

After we had made up for lost time, we lay in bed together. She looked at me curiously and then she asked me that question.

“Did you…?”

“Did I what?” I played dumb. I knew she was wondering what I had done under the covers these past five months given my previous reputation.

“No, don’t tell me. I’m angry enough at myself for ever leaving you.” She curled up next to me and I turned on my side and held her to me tightly.

“Let’s leave the past exactly where it should be. I’m here and you’re here and that’s all that matters now.”

“Thank you for saving me, again.” We fell asleep together, as it should be, holding each other tightly.

Even though I felt fine, Adara insisted that I stayed in bed that following day. It lasted ten minutes before I got up, sneaked out of the window and ran down Main Street as I went for a jog.

“Morning.” A man greeted me on the street and I smiled back at him.

All along the way up Main Street people were greeting me and one man stopped me and shook my hand. I ha