The woman leaned back on the bed’s headboard, resting her head on its smooth and firm exterior. “I’m pleased that you were glad, but you have no idea how lucky I was when I met you.” she mumbled, her eyes shut together. “Was it because I paid you?” Blake’s chuckle resounded inside the room. She stifled a laugh, “Well yeah, there’s that part. A huge chunk of it,” she waved at him, or at least waved him off. “But I feel like my life has changed for the better, thanks to you.” “Hmm...I somehow feel like I owe the same to you.” “I don’t really see how it turned out better for you though?” Alice would have raised a brow if she wasn’t resting her eyes. The darkness was comforting, she was starting to realize how tired she actually was. Her shoulders slumping against the wooden board. “You

