12
Jerome woke at 11 am sharp, just as he always did. He took a shower and ate his breakfast, just as he always did. But then he went to the kitchen and sat on the floor leaning against the wall watching the inspection hatch door. Something he’d never done before.
He had an aching sensation in the pit of his stomach as if something was missing. It wasn’t hunger; even though he was feeling low, he ate all his breakfast. He’d muted Clive and set Chrono to communicate only in an emergency. There hadn’t been an emergency in all the time he’d lived in the apartment, so there was no chance he would have his thoughts interrupted.
His life had changed so much in the space of just three days. Prior to that day when Wren first showed up in his apartment, his life had been perfect. His life was or
