For now she lay on the top covers, curled around the empty spot on the other side of the mattress. “Maybe,” said Jess-Belle. xx video There was no reason to, of course. She turned his face back toward her with a fingertip on his chin. “I guess I didn’t last very long, huh?”
“That doesn’t matter as much. The door shut behind her very quietly. I’m I didn’t mean to scare you.”
“Yes you did,” Jess-Belle said. Did you have any trouble getting past your ma?”
Billy-Ben rubbed the few wispy blond hairs on his chin and said, “Ma’s never home on Full Moon Night neither. “You knew just what you were doing.”
“Reckon I did,” he said, then went quiet. “I know.”
“Then why’d you pull me off my feet?”
“You scared me.
