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Hours later, Zee woke up on the bed. She was back in her marital bedroom. The first thing she observed was that she was feeling fine. Didn’t Pat injure her neck?

Slowly, her hand reached for the side of her neck. She felt a plaster there. Michael must have cleaned her wounds. Looking down at herself, she saw that he had changed her clothing. She was now wearing a bland satin dress she had picked out to use as house wear during the shopping he had taken her.

She also noticed that Michael was not there on the bed. Daylight was slipping in through the slightly open drapes. The time on the wall clock told her it was 7:05 am. She had slept for a long time.

How she had been able to sleep peacefully without any nightmare was a wonder. Then she remembered Michael injecting her arm with something after which she had passed out. He always seemed to be prepare