After the day’s events, Sally was too bleary-eyed to take in her surroundings much. All she could think of was taking a much-needed shower and tumbling straight into bed. In fact, at this point, she was sure that she could go to sleep right on the floor. She toddled after Jake into a spacious and somewhat bare bedroom. There was a large, unmade bed, a wardrobe, and a dressing table and chair, but the room did not seem to have much more. Sally made a beeline for the bed and dropped gratefully into it, her eyes closing almost immediately. A soft sigh of relief and pleasure escaped her lips, drawing a short burst of laughter from Jake who stood by watching her in amusement. It was great to have someone in the house again. It had been far too long.
“Um, are you not going to have a shower?” He
