Chapter Sixty Three

VAUGHN

I woke up alone in bed. Tessa wasn’t in the room. The sunlight streamed through the curtains, cutting sharp lines across the duvet. The clock on the bedside table read nine. I’d slept in, which meant Tessa had already left the room, possibly even the house. But it was Sunday. Tessa didn’t work Sundays unless she had one of her standing lunch dates with Valerie.

I ran a hand through my hai