I wanted to feel the cozy carpet on my feet, so I took off my home slippers and walked barefoot. My hands instinctively touched his belongings, from his cabinet to books and valuables on the side table. There was a flat-screen television in front of the bed that was just turned off.

I opened the curtains from his window. It revealed a thousand stars in my sight. I placed my hand on the transparent glass, imagining that I was touching everyone of it.

“Minerva?”

I was so immersed in ...