It was already half past one when Janet got home that evening.

Quiet as a mouse, she opened the door and crept inside. Only the sound of the clock ticking on the wall could be heard.

Janet flicked on the light switch. To her surprise, the sandwich from breakfast was still sitting on the table where she left it, and there was not a beer bottle in sight. She walked into the living room in her slippers and looked around in confusion, “Ethan?”

It was so late, but Ethan seemed to not have come back yet.

Or was he asleep in his room?

Janet had half a mind to knock on his bedroom door, but decided against it on second thought. She was afraid she’d just wake him up. In the end, she quietly opened his door and poked her head in.

To her surprise, the room was empty.

With a slight frown, Janet decided to wait for Ethan to come back. She wasn’t sleepy anyway.

everything that had happened,

it up. She settled on the sofa and watched TV while eating. All the while, she kept thinking of what had happened in

minutes later, she heard the

T-shirt underneath a black windbreaker. His prominent nose stuck out more

on her sandwich, Janet looked up at him questioningly. “Why’re

so I covered his shift for another half an hour,” Ethan explained

was getting more and more skillful at

do you have night shifts often? I didn’t know you could stay up this late all the time,” Janet said, after thinking about it

sat next to her. “What are you eating? It smells

neck to get a bite of her sandwich, then he put his arm around her shoulder and pinched it. Raising his

a bit sheepish. He was right. She worked overtime a lot and was often late

suddenly

she relayed what had happened

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