“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.

of the passion from the previous night, but the details remained elusive. She strained to remember the mystery man’s face, but only Theodore’s

could that man be Theodore? She couldn’t recall the stranger’s identity, not

washed over her along with disbelief that

during

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

her was relieved that the man

spared from seeing him allowed her to

herself it was just a dream, a way to

realized, the man had awoken first. He must have

face and stared at

would never cross hers again. Praying that if he recognized

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