Carmen woke up gasping, in a nervous sweat, but she didn't open her eyes or move, she recently tuned in. She wished Robert were home. He could do nothing to help her, nor was she permitted to go up to his room after sleep time, but some way or another, him being there improved it.

Following a couple of moments, she inhaled a sigh of relief and woke up. No one was there, so she probably heard the sound in her fantasies. It was a small moan that one of the sheets made if somebody stepped on it. Not simply anyone, it must be someone weighty. Indeed, even from the...