Thinking and thinking, she eventually fell asleep.
However—
In fact, Flossie's way of thinking wasn't wrong, but she felt relieved too early.
When Belinda was asleep, not only did she not compete for the quilt, she completely tossed the quilt to Flossie.
Just as well, Flossie had slept a lot during the day, so she was more alert at night. Any slight movement from Belinda would wake Flossie up, although there were several times she woke up from the heat.
That night, Flossie constantly got up to cover Belinda with the quilt, no less than ten times, and eventually let Belinda sleep hugging her.
*
The next day.
When Flossie awoke, Belinda was nowhere to be seen.
Rubbing her forehead, Flossie looked at the clock— it was not yet six.
She simply got up, dressed, and went to the Training Ground.
