31. Sunrise
Instead of waking up because of the sun like Kelly, Carolyn’s morning started with bird songs. Different birds joined the chorus at different times throughout the morning, spreading the gossip and replying to challenges. In the summer when she kept the window open, and the scent of the morning
There was also the year-round chime of her mother’s grandfather clock. For the past twenty years, it always kept the proper time and her body was trained to wake up at 6:15 AM exactly… even on weekends.
Kelly never noticed because Carolyn had a habit of falling back asleep after ten minutes of listening to the sleeping woman’s heartbeat.
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