I hoped with a good night’s sleep I wouldn’t feel so panicked and frantic. Reece held me close and ran his fingers through my hair, trying successfully to soothe me off to dreamland.
“We’ll get through this,” he whispered.
I smiled in response, my eyes already heavy with sleep stayed closed. “We’ll always be together?” I meant to declare it, a statement of profound trust and belief in our love. Instead it came out like a question. And I couldn’t help but wonder, why he didn’t answer.
It wasn’t the night we planned. I would have preferred a night without the over-the-top drama, but it could’ve ended a lot worse. The bottom line, it ended with us together. We loved each other and I was going to spend the night lying beside Reece, basking in the warmth of his arms.
I took one more deep breath, inhaling the scent of his spicy cologne and freshly laundered clothes. Just a little bit of heaven. And then beside my heart’s true love, I succumbed to sleep and sweet and peaceful dreams.
About The Author
Danielle Sibarium, author of For Always, grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Throughout her childhood, she transported herself into a fantasy world full of magic and wonder. Books were the gateway between her play world and reality. On any given summer afternoon she became Snow White sweeping and cooking for the dwarves, or Cinderella waiting for the prince.
Danielle graduated from Farleigh Dickinson University with honors, and currently lives in New Jersey with her husband and three children.
Visit her online at www.daniellesibarium.com