Prove it

After finishing with the boys, Arthur headed to his room and lay on the bed. He remembered what his boys told him about their birthday party and decided to reach out to Aurora.

He called her and waited patiently for her to pick up. She didn’t answer the phone the first time, so he tried again.

She finally answered and Arthur swallowed hard before speaking up.

“Aurora?” He called, and his voice was followed by a soft moan from the other end.

“Arthur?” Aurora groaned, her head buried in her bedsheets.

“Are you alright?” Aurora worriedly lifted his upper body from the bed like it was going to make him hear her clearer. “You sound so tired. Are you just waking up?” He asked, looking up at the wall clock in his room.

‘It’s 1 pm. She can’t be just waking up.’ He said to himself.

“I am just waking up,” Aurora mumbled, and then for the first time, checked her phone. Her tired and thin eyes widened as she saw it was noon already.

“1 pm?” She exclaimed, and immediately, a groan of pain