When the sunlight shone on her, Carmen raised her arm before her face, rolled to her side, and raised her eyelids.

Then she blankly stared at the spare pillow, sighed, and mumbled, "There's no way of escaping you, is there?" 

After taking a moment to fully awake, she sat up, and at that moment, her door opened, and Ethan hurried into the room.

Then he jumped on the bed, rushed into her arm, and mumbled, "Morning, Mommy."

Smiling softly, she ran her fingers through his hair and gently asked, "You are not mad at mommy anymore?"

With a smile on his face, Ethan slightly shook his head and mumbled, "I'm...