#Chapter525

The day after

Josie

I woke up to find Payton gone and alone in my bed. I sat there and wondered if that was it. Did he get what he wanted, and it was over? I sighed.

I leaned over and grabbed a shirt off the floor and pulled it on. I got up as the door opened. I watched as Payton walk inside, carrying a cardboard container with two coffees. He closed the door and held up a key to me.

“I borrowed your key,” Payton said as he set it and the coffees down. I watched as he pulled the coffees from it and walked over to...