Ripley's POV

Motels should be required to have better lighting. It really seemed like a safety hazard to have to stumble up the stairs and down the hall. She could have taken the elevator, Ripley supposed, but she wasn't interested in being seen in her condition.

She had at least managed to evade injury this time around.

She did, however, have a lot to think about now.

Blake didn't remember her dropping him. Thank goodness for that. As she had watched the fleshgait ...