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.

happened,

the sofa and watched TV while eating. All the while, she kept thinking

she heard the sound of the key unlocking

a black windbreaker. His prominent nose stuck out

Janet looked up at him questioningly. “Why’re you so

late, so I covered his shift for

he spoke, he realized he was getting more

up this late all the time,”

next to her.

and pinched it. Raising his eyebrows slightly, he smiled. “You always stay up late. Why are you getting so worked up about me staying up

to retort, Janet kept silent and looked down, feeling a bit sheepish. He was right. She worked overtime a lot and was often late to

today,” she suddenly said, looking

relayed what had happened in the elevator with

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