Agnes got home and stood outside the door for a while, trying to get a grip of herself. Leo had won his fight but she knew how intense it was because he was losing at first. She could still hear the sound of Graham’s fist against Leo’s face as his blood and sweat flew across the ring.
‘'No wonder he told me not to watch at first,'’ Agnes said to herself as she heaved in and out dramatically, summoning the courage to knock so that Marilyn could open the door for her.
Eventually, she knocked.
The door swung open almost immediately. It was as if Marilyn had been waiting by the door, but she just happened to pace by the entrance of the house when Agnes chose to knock. She had been waiting for Agnes impatiently, as the time had nearly passed midnight at the moment.
'‘Where were you?'’ M
