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When Faith awoke, the bedroom was empty.

She listened to the bathroom, but there were no sounds either.

Where was Sterling?

Her gaze landed on the wall clock to see that it was almost noon.

A gasp of surprise escaped her mouth as she pushed aside the bed covers and wrapped the bed sheets around herself.

He must have gone out for work! She also needed to get a job, why did she sleep for so long?

She was quickly reminded of the reason when ...