The next morning, Emily happily overslept. With all that her ears had to listen to the previous night, nothing gave her more joy than sleeping past her alarm clock. With no more sleepiness, she got up, dragging herself to the bathroom and getting dressed. For the first time she wasn’t greeted by Jasmine’s voice instead it was a ‘have a nice day’ note on a pile of doughnuts.

With no one watching she took generous portions not trying to act tough or grumpy. Filling her stomach, she got ...