HER DAY WAS BUSY, BUT not overly so. She talked with most of her clients on the phone and chose to decline several potential clients until she finished up with the cases she had acquired over the months before her trip.
At noon, she had eaten the lunch she’d brought with her instead of ordering out as she used to do, though she scarcely tasted the turkey sandwich and apple she'd packed this morning.
Closing the last file she intended to work on for the day, she glanced at her watch. Five o'clock. The days seemed so much longer now.
Getting up from her chair, she turned and stared out of the second-story window at the gray blanket hovering over the city outside. The skies hadn't dropped any measurable amount of rain within the last two days; instead, they emitted a bone-damp drizzle that
