“And you have a meeting with Antoine's Real Estate by 11:00 am,” Charlotte was saying as she hurried behind Reyona to her office, flipping through her legal pad. “Their rep called a while ago to verify if you are still available and I told her yes since you didn’t say anything else."

“Yes, yes, I will make it. What else?” Reyona, who was annoyed with herself for oversleeping that morning, walked briskly to her office. She had woken up past 8:00 am, for God’s sake. She couldn’t remember the last time she slept past six.

It was a habit she had developed since college, and it had stayed with her....