Chapter 15
ARIA finished watching the evening news and turned off the television, then stood up and stretched. Though she didn't particularly care for the flavor, she decided to go into the kitchen to make some instant coffee, which was all the cabin offered. She knew she would not be able to sleep tonight until Nick got back. Because he would be back, she promised herself.
In some ways, Aria could already read a few of Nick's largely inscrutable body language signals and she had picked up on his unvoiced concern. Having correctly interpreted those clues, Aria knew that sometime tonight or in the early morning hours, Nick would come back. He would come back so that she didn't have to take a train across the country and seek help from a one-armed woman who may or may not be in on this who
