Chapter 423

  Emma seems to regain control, turning to me and grabs my wrist, a moment of focused clarity between body ripping pains.

  “Help me down onto the floor; I need to get my underwear off.” She eyes me with deadly intent, pretty much meaning ‘Sophie, take my underwear off.’ And that crazy look on her face, of a woman in serious excruciating torture, has me raising my brows with a smile and a ‘sure’, despite really wanting to jump out of the window.

  I somehow manage to help lever her down onto her back on the cold floor, yanking my handbag over as a cushion, thanking Gucci for making slouchy bags that I tend to fill with enough crap to actually warrant being used as a pillow, and I prop her in a less traumatic looking position. This is super awkward.

  She automatically pulls her legs up when she gets flat. Her feet flat on the floor and knees bent and opening wide, I assume it’s the birthing position of women and not how she casually lounges around the house.