"Can't fall asleep?" Sean asked.

Catherine sat up in the bed and squinted into the dark room. She'd been tossing and turning for hours, but she thought she was alone.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you," he said.

"It's fine," she replied, settling back into the bed.

She heard him cross the room and felt him sit down at the edge of the bed.

"What's keeping you awake?" he asked, his voice gentle.

"I just don't know why people become so greedy," she sighed. "It makes them so cruel."

He sighed, ...