“Sure!”

After dropping Sonia off at home, Ariana checked the time. The afternoon interview was still a few hours away. Deciding to take

Melon back home briefly to tidy up, Ariana began her tasks.

Once back home, Ariana helped Melon get cleaned up and changed, and then headed to the bathroom for her own shower.

She slowly peeled off her wrinkled clothing, catching her reflection in the mirror and pausing. Angry red marks littered her body, some darkening into bruises that would take time to fade.

previous night, but the details remained elusive. She strained to remember the mystery man’s

her sanity. How could that man be Theodore? She couldn’t recall

washed over her along with disbelief that

during

she became. She stepped into the shower. The hot water calmed her skin and cleared

the man had left before

to hold onto her fantasies a

herself it was just a dream,

realized, the man had awoken first. He

water on her face and stared at

the stranger’s path would never cross hers again. Praying that if he recognized her, he would pretend not to

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