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@@@@@While we're waiting, you might as well try to get some restI'll bet even that skinny mattress would feel pretty good to you right now I looked from his face to the mat on the floor and back?You look like you could use a good sleepI'll keep watch over you Touched, new moisture in my eyes, I sank down on the mat and laid my head on the pillowIt was heavenly, despite Jeb's calling it thinI stretched out to my full height, pointing my toes and reaching out with my fingersI heard my joints poppingThen I let myself wilt into the mattress It felt as if it were hugging me, erasing all the sore spots ?Does me good to see that,? Jeb muttered?It's like an itch you can't scratch, knowing someone is suffering under your own roof He eased himself to the floor a few yards away and started humming quietlyI was asleep before he'd finished the first bar When I woke up, I knew that I'd been solidly asleep for a long time?a longer stretch than I'd slept since coming hereNo pains, no frightening interruptionsI would have felt pretty good, except that waking on the pillow reminded me that Jared was goneIt still smelled like him And in a good way, not the way I smelledelanie sighed forlornly I remembered my dream only vaguely, but I knew it had featured Jared, as was usual when I was able to sleep deeply enough to dream ?Morning, kid,? Jeb said, sounding chipper I peeled back my lids to look at himHad he sat against the wall all night? He didn't look tired, but I suddenly felt guilty for monopolizing the better accommodations