That night I thought I wouldn't be able to sleep — and yet I felt strangely at peace. I hadn't confessed everything directly, but it seemed we had understood each other. Something had lifted. I had changed so much here, with him. He had changed too, since that first day — but I still didn't know whether he was playing with me or being honest.
In the morning when I came downstairs, he was already gone. Lucille told me he had left for training — he almost always went early. After breakfast and my coffee I went back up to my room, but one thought wouldn't leave me alone. I found my copy of the contract in the nightstand and looked at the date. The 28th. It expired in a few days. I checked my phone to be sure — three days. My chest tightened.
Until dinner I couldn't sit still. I walked throu
