The Weight of Waiting

Valerie’s POV

I woke up the next morning still on the couch. I’d tried to stay awake, waiting for Darius to come home. That I was still on the couch likely meant that he never arrived. Surely, he would have wakened me or carried me to bed rather than leave me sleeping here.

Ug, I had such a creak in my neck. As I stood, I stretched my neck back and forth, trying to work out the kinks.

If Darius ne