Glancing at the clock once more, Venus realized she’d dallied for over twenty minutes and was now late to work. Stifling her panic, she sprang into action. Malcolm’s bodyguard Sanjay, whoever he was, was probably on his way to the apartment at this very moment. Hurrying into the en suite, she began her morning routine. Retrieving her toiletries from the cupboards, she cleansed her face and applied her face scrub before brushing her teeth. After she was finished gurgling with some mouth wash, she turned on the water and stepped under the shower. Unlike at her house where there was never any hot water, and in some cases no water at all as she depended on the unreliable government-managed water supply, Malcolm’s shower sprayed her from all angles and was immediately hot. She bemoaned the fact
