Chapter Eight
After Elise laid her open suitcase on the bed, she started rifling through her closets and drawers, looking for some appropriate clothing to bring with her.
What did one wear in the jungle? She decided on a simple wardrobe of jeans, shorts and blouses. Certainly, those clothes would get her by in most any situation.
She wanted to ask Noel what the climate was in Xilitla, but since she awoke to find her sofa empty—sheet, blanket and pillow neatly stacked to one side and a note on the table saying he would be back around nine—she hadn’t had the chance to ask him.
Earlier, breakfast had been spent with just herself and Matt. She was grateful to see that the dark circles beneath her son’s eyes had vanished somewhat. He also seemed to be more energetic than he had been in a ve
