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."

to admit he saw something, but he didn't do anything

came that morning, he asked her to put them on Esther so she wouldn't wake up naked. Esther was in such a deep sleep that she didn't even wake up when she was dressed.

Pearl," she answered, dreading what her friend might say if she found

"Where are you?"

sensed trouble. She stuttered nervously, "I... I'm at home, just woke up. What's going on?" Sᴇaʀch Thᴇ ꜰindNʘvel.ɴet website

would usually still be asleep at this hour.

best poker face. "Yes, I'm at home. You know I'm not a morning person." She was getting better at

lying and softened her tone. "You're trying to lie to me? Do you think I don't know

apologized. "I'm sorry, Pearl. I won't

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