Chapter 54 - Alyson

Jim doesn’t need to say it for me to know: his mom calling at dawn can’t be a good thing. He sits up and takes the phone from me.

“Are you going to call her back?”

“I will later. You should go back to sleep so you’re not tired. I fucked you hard before we went to bed. Didn’t you say I wore you out?”

He’s trying to lighten the mood, I know. And he really did wear me out. How he functions so well on so little sleep is beyond me. While I appreciate his efforts to downplay this for my sake, I know he shouldn’t.

“Something could be wrong with—”

“I’ll call her later. Lay down and I’ll rub your back.” “I won’t be able to sleep. Because now I’m worried.”

Jim lets out a sigh. “I didn’t want him to take up any of your time or energy, Alyson.”

“Yeah, but he is and he will. He’s