Mercy pondered the entire situation surrounding her days of unconsciousness. How ill had she been that she had been unaware of being naked in the presence of Jim? The whole situation sent her heart into palpitations while she wondered how she would behave with a man who had seen her nakedness; a man who was her employer and whom she had a severe crush on - it was all so embarrassing.
Several minutes after her lip chewing bath, Mercy finally had the courage to go down to the sitting room. She experienced some belly flutters when she discovered that Jim was there - occupied with a newspaper and a persistent deep frown. Mercy remembered a similar frown from weeks before. She recalled her meddling and asking about that frown and what it had led to - the unmentionable kiss. So she decided to use another approach; an offensive one.
