C24 •Awake•

Quinn:

I resurfaced in the bedroom, expecting the usual alluring view but instead, she was seated on the bed, her back to me. The room was bathed with the soft yellow glow of the bedside lamp.

Though the windows were locked with curtains down, the creaking of crickets and hooting of an owl somewhere in the woods still sailed into my ears loudly like they were close by. Through these noises