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.

that had happened, she was

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

twenty minutes later, she heard the sound of the key

windbreaker. His prominent nose stuck out more than usual, making

Janet looked up at him questioningly.

colleague was late, so I covered his shift for another

he was

I didn’t know you could stay up this late all the time,” Janet said,

his coat and sat next to her.

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

kept silent and looked down, feeling a bit sheepish. He was right. She worked overtime a lot and

the way, something happened today,” she suddenly

had happened

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