“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.

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

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

shame washed over her along with disbelief that she

during intimacy with

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

that the man had left before

from seeing him allowed her to hold onto her fantasies a little

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

man had awoken first. He must have seen her

face and stared at

her, hoping the stranger’s path would never cross hers again. Praying that if he recognized her, he would

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