A Promise to Remarry

It was pitch dark in the room.

Alaric walked to Valerie's bedroom in the dark, turned the doorknob, and quietly entered.

"You finally come back?" Suddenly, a female voice sounded.

Alaric was startled and whispered, "Valerie?"

"Yeah," Valerie said in a deep voice. Then the warm yellow light at the bedside of the room was turned on.

The two people who had been used to the darkness couldn't help squi