Darkness. I woke, felt the familiar weight in the bed, the breathing, the hand on my skin. "Oh, Paul," I said. "Who's Paul?" said the voice.
• Tuesday's Gone, by Nicci French, is out now in paperback (Penguin, £7.99).
Twitter fiction: Nicci French
The husband-and-wife novelist team take up our Twitter-based challenge to come up with a story in 140 characters or fewer