"You don't usually do all that at night," he said casually.
Zoe smiled into the mirror. "Just figured it'll save me time tomorrow morning."
Barry yawned. "Fair. You looked great tonight, by the way."
"Thanks," she said, standing.
She kissed him on the forehead. "Sleep well."
"You too."
But Zoe was too excited to sleep. Her mind occupied with what lay down the corridor...Waiting.
The house was silent.
The kind of silence that only comes in the middle of the night -- when even the walls seem to exhale. Zoe moved barefoot down the hallway, the robe wrapped loosely around her, tied in a knot that had already begun to loosen with every step. Her heart beat harder than it should have. Not from fear. From anticipation. Every creak of the floorboards underfoot felt louder than it should ha
