Chapter 56 Fifty-six

• Two days later, Becky opened her eyes as soon as her phone alarm started ringing. It was five in the morning. She quickly reached over to stop it. She looked over at Colin, still sleeping peacefully. Satisfied that the alarm which she had set on low did not wake him up.
• She pulled off the sheets from her body and got up from the bed. It was her birthday; she was thirty-one today.
• She walked into the kitchen and sat on the dining table chair by the window. It was still dark outside. It was a long night.