Drew set his engineering manual aside in mere minutes.Drew set his engineering manual aside in mere minutes. He rested undisturbed as Karen turned and twisted her way through the thriller that gripped her attention. Karen dropped the novel to the floor and extinguished the dim headboard lamp. She spooned in behind Drew, pressing herself into him and resting her head on the pillow beside his. She shared his warmth, feeling his slow and even breathing beside her. Unable to find sleep through ordinary methods, Karen let herself drift, recalling among other things her association with Drew. She and Drew had first crossed paths in their final year of high school. In a case that had elicited support from the ACLU, the school administration had suppressed a news story in the school newspaper. Karen's investigation of corruption in an alderman's office was explosive. Her story was backed up by Drew's second-story work which gained solid evidence. The cabal didn't care that the school won; it exploited the opportunity by awarding Karen and Drew college scholarships. |