In the cold and silent depths of night, he couldn't sleep.
In the room, Julia Bluen had already fallen asleep, her melon-seed-shaped face serene, as she drifted off in Glades Horne's embrace. After she was asleep, Glades Horne carefully made his way to stand outside on the balcony.
In his mind, he was haunted by the scene of taking his family to visit Marcel Horne in the hospital.
When they arrived at the hospital and approached Marcel Horne's ward along the corridor, they heard Marcel's agonized roar, "Get out! I don't want to listen! I don't want to listen! All of you, get out!"
Then came the sound of things being thrown. Right after that, Sovia Morris and her husband emerged from the ward, tears streaming down their faces.
Ruby Bluen, having returned home to shower and change, wasn't present at the time.
