Stella POV
The Next Morning
Always when I woke up, I had the feeling which I am sure must be natural to all of us, a joy in being alive. I don't say you feel it consciously--you don't -- but there you are, you are alive, and you open your eyes, and here is another day, another step, as it were, on your journey to an unknown place. That very exciting journey which is your life. Not that it is necessarily going to be exciting *as* a life, but will be exciting to you because it is *your* life. That is one of the great secrets of existence, enjoying the gift of life . . .
When I wake up I couldn't see Royce in the bedroom , so I thought maybe he is taking shower. I cover my whole naked body with the quilt . I lay down on the bed for a while and the last night fragment coming right front of
