Chapter 30
ARIA turned the lights out in the garage at Carol's signal and hit the button for the automatic garage door opener. Carol ran in ahead of the car that was pulling into the garage, and as soon as it cleared the doorway, Aria hit the button to bring the door back down. She left the door leading inside the house open so that some light would shine into the room, and when the garage door shut completely, she turned the lights to the garage back on.
Strangely, she wasn't a hysterical mass of jelly, but actually felt quite calm. She wasn't sure if her mind was still asleep, or if she was just learning to deal with hysterical situations. She was certain that as soon as they took care of Nick, it would all catch up with her.
She ran up to the car just as a woman was getting out of th
