Thirty One

A few more hours went by. It had stopped raining and the curtains dangled and swayed gently from the cold wind making its way through the window.

Selena was resting on his chest, listening to his heartbeats. He would run his hand down her bare back gently and picture something more than this passing moment. He could feel the warmth of her whole body on him and he relished this feeling.

“Can I ask you a question?” she began quietly.

”Go ahead”

“Promise you won’t get mad”

“I already don’t like where this is going” he confessed.

She pushed up to look at him directly. “I wouldn’t ask if it wasn’t important, please........”

“Okay, fine, you can ask”

She breathed. “Where is your brother? I am only asking because I know he has also been through a lot”

He took his time to say, “My brother left the country a few days ago. He promised to never come back”

She cringed inside. Space and time were not what the brothers needed right now. Being apart was just going to break them further from each o