Chapter 83

"Grrr." The alarm rang out at the appropriate time it had been set. The occupant of the bed groaned, turned to the other side of the bed, and continued her sleep. "Grrr…" The alarm blared again, and Mary stirred in her sleep, not ready to wake up.

"Mary.." Amy groaned with a sleep-laden voice, "Turn off the damn alarm." She still had 30 minutes of sleep, and she wanted to enjoy it till the end.

"Hmm." Mary murmured, her eyes still heavy with sleep. She had gone to bed late last night because Cole had chosen to be active at midnight, and no matter what she did, he wouldn’t sleep.

Her fingers reached under her pillow in search of the annoying device, but it came out empty. She reached under her pillow again, this time in a sweeping motion, and that was a big mistake.

Her hands swept the phone off the bed, and it landed on the floor with a thud. "Shit!" Mary cursed; the sound from the fall woke her up. She jumped out of bed to pick up her phone.

She was fully alert now, and her eyes ran