Chapter 59

Fiona's POV:

Deciding 4 am is not too early to snack, I throw on a short and stop by my bathroom to pee before heading down to rummage in the fridge.  

There’s no single movement from Alex's room when I pass by on my tiptoes. At the fridge, I decide that a snack is not what I need but a full meal, hoping that Alex had leftovers from last night. 

However, It’s not until I’m downstairs, popping a foil covered meal which I conclude is my dinner from last night into the microwave that I realize that that is an anomaly. 

Alex is a diurnal creature, sleeping as early as 7 or 8 pm and up as early as 3-ish, working on his laptop. The sounds of his keys clicking are often the first thing I hear whenever I wake up extra early, like days like this. 

I’m still ruminating on this when the timer dings and I grab a dishcloth to retrieve my meal. With the conclusion that he probably slept in, I sit at the dining table and grab a spoon.