Chapter 11

When Adam awoke, he was alone in bed. There was no alarm to wake him, no phone call. Instead, he woke up on his own, to an otherwise empty bed. A few minutes went by with him cursing Larisa in his head, believing that she’d left him in the night. But then came the realization that it was Monday morning, and that she must have left for work.

            I have to leave for work at 8:00. So if she’s already gone, then I should get up . . .

            Still groggy, he turned over in bed and reached to the table for his phone. But it wasn’t there. So he sat up, confused, and rubbed his eyes before looking at his alarm clock.

            9:30, it read.

            For a few seconds, Adam stared at the numbers, trying to