Early the next morning, Ray woke up lazily. He glanced at the time—just past seven. Hmm, still early.

He set his phone aside and rolled over, deciding to go back to sleep.

What was the point of getting up so early? There was no need to clock in for work.

By the time he woke again, it was already past nine. Time to get up!

"Breakfast time, you lazybones!"

All ten members of the household gathered on the first floor and dug into their morning meal.

After breakfast, Ray had planned to do a wo