Stella's eyes were wide awake at midnight, unable to sleep from the afternoon nightmare. That's why she recently got up and began organizing the design drafts. She worked online during her recent out-of-town absence. She should go back to SG Jewelry Magazine and report now that she's back in City N. Just as she was finishing up, Stella heard footsteps coming from the hallway.

She heard the bedroom next door opening in the next moment. She surmised that Clarence had to have returned. Unconsciously, Stella looked at her phone and saw that it was one in the morning. She always thought the miserable man was rather inactive when they were...