“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.

the details remained elusive. She strained to remember the mystery man’s face, but only Theodore’s features came to her

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

shame washed over her along with disbelief that

face during intimacy

more she dwelled on it, the more agitated she became. She stepped into the shower. The hot

the man had

her to hold

identify him, Ariana tried to convince herself it was just a dream, a way

man had awoken first. He must have seen her face

splashed water on her face and

stranger’s path would never cross hers again.

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