“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.

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

Theodore? She couldn’t recall the stranger’s identity, not a

shame washed over her along with disbelief

face during intimacy with

became. She stepped into the shower. The hot water calmed

relieved that the man had left before

to hold onto her fantasies a

couldn’t identify him, Ariana tried to convince herself it was just a

she realized, the man had awoken first. He

splashed water on her face and

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

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