Furious at Sue for trying to take her new life away from her, Sam ran all the way home, vowing never to go back to the refuge or see her again.
She had everything under control. All she needed to remember was never to overuse the book glasses and never to tell anyone else about them. Revealing the secret to Sue had been a mistake. Nor would she leave evidence for anyone visiting from the refuge to suspect she was reading. She collected all the books scattered around her apartment and took them back to the library.
While she was there, Sam received a text message but left it unread. As soon as she got home, she put on the glasses and found the message was from Billy. He said he couldn’t wait until Saturday to see her and asked her to meet him for dinner the following day, Friday at 6:30 p
