Clara rushed to the bathroom, looking at her flushed face in the mirror, feeling very conflicted.
She was usually a calm sleeper, so last night must have been as uneventful as Jack had described. Surely, she hadn't done anything outrageous.
Clara reassured herself and picked up her toothbrush.
"Ouch," she winced, feeling a sudden pain in her lips.
Looking closer in the mirror, she saw a small red and swollen spot on her lip, barely noticeable unless examined closely.
When she touched it lightly, it felt both numb and painful.
It seemed she had some inflammation recently.
Whenever she had inflammation, she tended to get these little sores on her lips, red and painful, but they usually healed in a couple of days.
She brushed it off and continued her morning routine, not realizing thi
