A fourth part
I awoke and noticed that Lily was not in bed with me. I turned and squinted at the alarm clock on the night stand beside the bed and saw that it was three thirty. The moon still partially illuminated the room and I rose and stumbled wearily out into the hallway. I approached my mother's room and peeked inside and half expected to see Nick giving my mother an early morning fuck, but the room was dark and empty. I went to Nick's room which was also unoccupied. Where was everyone? I went...