The following day, after five o 'clock, Carlos woke up. His consciousness seemed to rest on last night.
Carlos's eyes were closed, and his hand, naturally, went to bed beside him and found it empty. The hand paused. He opened his eyes.
A bedside lamp was on, giving off a circle of soft light that shone silently across the bedroom. Carlos was alone in the bed.
Carlos sat up suddenly and looked around. The bedroom was empty. He sprang out of bed, ran barefoot into the still dimly lit living room, and turned on the light. There was no one there.
Carlos stood there for a moment, frowned, and turned back to his bedroom. He thought slowly of yesterday's events. Carlos went to the restaurant to take Rena home to find that the pen was a birthday present from Rena to Gerard. He seemed to have q
