Chapter 58: Hostage, Part 18

The fog swirls outside the window; the light is already dim. Nonetheless, she draws curtains, lights a candle. Then another. The light shimmers over her hair, dances in her eyes.

Her hands on my chest once more, "You want this?"

"Mitch, I've never wanted anything else."

"Good," she murmurs. She tugs at my jacket. "Why don't you take this off?" She slides it from my shoulders, hanging it neatly from a hook on the back of the door. "That too." She nods to my pullover.

I strip it off along with the undershirt below, moving carefully to avoid straining the wound. Then I stand, skin goosing, hoping that...

Mitch chuckles. "Why don't we just get ourselves where it's warm?" She reaches under the bed, and something clicks. She wrinkles her nose at me. "Electric blanket."