Chapter 384

It was barely light outside, and Fred was wide-awake. The talk with Dolores had helped him, but it could not break his sleep cycle. When his body said, 'Get Up,' he got up, and there was nothing he could do about it. After years of training it, it was like a Swiss watch, it kept perfect time, and nothing could keep it from doing otherwise.

He looked at Sharon and knew in his heart that she loved him and he loved her. It had been a weird way to start a romance, but he was never surer of anything in his life. Maybe he didn't push it too far, too late in the day. They would talk about that later.

He tried to slide out of the bed quietly, when she grabbed him by the balls.

"Where do you think you're going at this hour of the morning?"

"I couldn't sleep, so I was going to go downstairs and do a little work."

"Is this a workday or is it a Sunday?"

"It's a Sunday, which means it's an o