Chapter 65. First Time Apart

A sound woke me. Getting conscious, I stretched like a contented cat as I came awake. I checked the time on my bedside clock to see it was past seven o'clock am. 

I couldn't remember the last time I slept that late. But then, it was expected that I would sleep that late. I had reached for Maureen two more times during the night and each time, she had yielded to me without restraint. 

I looked at the other side of the bed expecting her to be there but the bed was empty. I sat up instantly. 

'Relax. I am in the bathroom,' Maureen laughed into the mind link. She must have felt my panic.

I sat up properly and stretched my body again. The sound of her opening and closing the bathroom door must have woken me up. 

I heard my stomach rumble before I felt the pressure on my bladder. Neither Maureen or I had dinner the previous night and I doubted that most occupants of the house had dinner either.

I opened the bathroom door to