Chapter 24I didn't have the answers and the group wasn't happy with me. We stayed at Ken's place. Daryl had suggested that maybe we leave and Ken had broken down, terrified that if we left he wouldn't be able to stay awake any longer. We had all assured him that we'd stay and now Becca was in the kitchen brewing coffee for everyone. The rich smell of the coffee dripping made my mouth water. I wanted to go in there and drink straight out of the pot. Instead I was alone in the dining room, pretending to study Ken's religious figurines on his shelf beneath the cross.
I hadn't paid that much attention when we came in, but they were manger figures. I should have guessed. He had a whole set laid out. The animals, Jesus, Mary, Joseph, and the wise men, along with the an actual manger. I picked u
