“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.

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

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

her along with disbelief that

during intimacy

the more agitated she became. She stepped into

the

to hold onto her

convince herself it was just a dream, a

first. He must have

face and stared at

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

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