Caroline woke up to a strange tapping sound, and she rolled over, keeping her eyes closed in the hopes whatever it was would go away, and she could go back to sleep. When the tapping continued, she opened one eye and saw Nadine sitting at her desk, a laptop opened before her. The misadventures of the night before rushed back to her; Caroline sat upright, scattering pillows and knocking the bedside lamp off the table. 

Nadine turned around and smiled. “Do you always wake up so ...