Joy waved Gwen off cheerfully and she slowly but surely lugged all of her things to the nearest train station. She was going to have to take multiple trains then walk several blocks to get to the apartment, which she wasn't looking forward to, but she was going to have to deal with it.
It took her a couple of hours because she barely missed some of connecting trains she needed but she made it there eventually feeling like she was about to keel over. No one answered the door so she had to call Jacob.
Gwen could hear his phone ringing—it must have been on high to wake him up if necessary, and an Asian man about her height with dark circles under his eyes answered the door sleepily. "Come on in, Gwen. I want to get this signed as quickly as possible so I can go back to bed."
She nodded and set her things down, already feeling guilty for waking him up. He certainly looked like he needed the sleep.
