Lucella sighed, glancing at the clock over the tv on the opposite wall.<span style="font-style: italic">It's almost midnight </span>she thought, rubbing her eyes.<span style="font-style: italic">There's no way he's gonna get me back outside tonight. He'll just have to wait.</span>She returned the computer to the coffee table and leaned down to unlace her boots. Setting them by the foot of the couch she stood, padding in stockinged feet to her bedroom. She undressed, throwing her clothes in the hamper beside the door, and crawled into the bed that seemed, in that moment, far too big for one person.