135. Sterling
Chapter 135
Sterling
I reach down to the hand Courtney has on my chest and lace our fingers together. “Go to sleep, Honey.”
“But it’s almost time to get up.” She yawns, and I close my eyes at the feeling of her open mouth against my bare skin.
“There’s nothing for us to do until the groups come back, and that won’t be until eleven at the earliest.”
Courtney lets out a sleepy hum. “You’ll stay?”
“Yeah.” I give her fingers a light squeeze. “I’ll stay.”
And as she slips into dreamland, I think about everything we talked about.
Think about the things I told her that I haven’t told anyone.
Think about the series of events that brought her to me.
I hate that part. Hate all she’s been through. Hate how she’s had to do it all on her own.
I understand what it’s like. But I hate it for her.
And as I follow her into unconsciousness, I do something I haven’t done in a long time.
I think about the future.