Clarisse fumbled with the key and umbrella as she left the apartment in a haste. Sam and Raymond were already down the stairs in the parking. She also carried the garbage bag to dispose of it in the bin downstairs. Usually she does that every morning, but today she forgot in the hurry to get Sam ready. It was a long day today, and yet she had preserved every little of the energy to face Wichita. It would surely consume a lot of energy to interact with her. She sucks the blood out of the veins like a vampire. Clarisse was stubborn about her incessant opinion of Wichita. It would take more than the gentle words of Sarah to change her mind about Wichita. Clarisse had saved herself from tumbling down the stairs twice in those heels. She was getting annoyed with them. How did the ladies real

