Chapter 12

It was a stormy Saturday morning. The rain was pouring down in buckets; accompanied by the occasional rumbling sound of thunder. 

Iris was sound asleep in Bryces' arms. It had been the longest two weeks for both of them. Iris didn't return home to her pent house. She went back to the main house, for fear of suffering post dramatic stress or reliving the night she got shot. Bryce being the guy he was wouldn't let Iris stay alone or leave her alone . He wasn't one to hover , but he had come close to losing the woman he loved ;and knowing what he knew now he wasn't going to let her go even if it meant taking a break from his somewhat busy life to be there for Iris ...

Iris lifted her head off Bryce's chest , he had hit lights out hard. Iris could tell by his heavy deep breathing that he was rem state of sleep, even being tempted to wave her hands in front of his face was useless. She looked at the time and it was 8:30am . It was still dark