Before cleaning up I headed back out to the gym floor and grabbed my bag. It had a spare shirt and shorts I'd packed. I didn't mind waiting until after I got home from the gym to change, but now I was living with four women, and I wanted to avoid them smelling me at my worst. The cubby where Erica and Mel's belongings were earlier was empty now, and I guessed my siblings had gone to clean up themselves.

I crossed the gym floor and headed down the corridor again, picking out an empty bathroom. The room was small, with a simple toilet in one corner, wash basin and...