Alison got up in the morning feeling strange. It wasn't anything in particular, but she had a foreboding and did not know what it was. Abel felt a bit different the night before, and she wondered why. He had acted as if he was being with her for the first time, which was a bit off. She brushed it off and believed the whole issue with the council might have made him act differently. It was unlike him to forget documents. She hadn't seen him with any document or folder since they arrived. If he snuck it with him, it meant he broke his own rule, which annoyed her because they had a deal. No work, no getting busy, and he broke it. He was bound to get an ear full when he returned. Alison was about to pick a book to read when she remembered she promised Samson she would talk to Merilyn on his be
