Chapter 53

• I stirred, feeling the sun in my eyes. It was bright, too bright making me realise I had slept in. I turned over to my side coming face to face with Sterling's closed eyes. He was still fast asleep. I tried to untangle the blankets wrapped around our bodies, almost suffocating us in the warmth.
• My legs were tangled with his and then within the multiple blankets on the bed, not knowing where his body started and where mine ended, just like when we had come home last night.
• I hoped Sterling wouldn't open his eyes as I tried to sit up, trying to find anything to cover myself with. Maybe it was the alcohol speaking last night that made us so brave to tell each other that the only clothing to be on us was the ring. And in the morning light the ring shined bright on my finger as I slipped it off, carefully putting it on the bedside cabinet.