Chapter 30
CASSIE
Pia keeps me in bed for a full twenty-four hours. She sleeps or lies next to me for most of that, but once or twice, when I come to from a nap, she’s not there, and I panic. But then I see her boots and her jeans on the carpet, and I relax enough to fall back asleep.
I always sleep better when her body is next to mine. I sleep so well and without a single dream.
Maybe I should care about that, but I don’t. Because I fall asleep again, only to open my eyes an indecipherable amount of time later and feel her foot against my calf. And then I feel like I’m living in a literal dream.
“You’re still here,” I say when she stirs next to me, coming closer, wrapping her arm around me.
“I’m still here,” she repeats.
I don’t know what day it is, nor what time. But I couldn’t care less.
“And will you stay?” I ask.
“Yes,” she replies, giving me what I need to fall back into a dreamless sleep.