James reached out and lightly tapped Esther's head with his hand. "You caught on pretty quickly."

"Alright, I want to go home now," Esther said, glancing at her clean clothes as she sat up.

A memory of throwing up flashed in her mind. Why were her clothes clean? If she remembered it, it couldn't have been a dream. Suddenly, a strange smell caught Esther's attention. Sniffing around, she realized her clothes didn't smell like her detergent.

"Did you take off my clothes?" Esther blurted out, feeling awkward even saying it.

James, feeling stressed but wanting to reassure her, explained patiently, "No, the cleaner did it."

saw something, but he didn't do anything to her. He washed her

that she didn't even wake up when she was dressed. Esther realized she was a little rude. But just as she was

dreading what her friend might say if she found out she didn't go home

"Where are you?"

but Esther sensed trouble. She stuttered nervously, "I... I'm at home, just woke up. What's

Esther would usually still be asleep at this hour. How could she be back from James's

home. You know I'm not a

lie to me?

Esther quickly apologized. "I'm sorry, Pearl. I won't do

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