A few hours later, I stood exactly where I wanted to, in the kitchen over a plate of freshly sizzled bacon. A bucket of coffee sat next to it because I hadn't slept. After I tried to shower the sweat, mosquito guts, my stained conscience clean, there hadn't been time. And I was pretty sure I wouldn't have been able to sleep anyway.
A frantic Paige hurried into the kitchen, but stopped as she took in the toast, bacon, and eggs breakfast spread laid out on the island. "Oh, God. I was afraid I wasn't going to have time to eat."
Splotches of red brightened her cheeks. She kept fidgeting with the buttons on her flowered top and tugging at the hem of her black skirt. Her hair was done up in a fancy twist at the back of her head, and she wore a little makeup on her eyes and lips. Dressed as a s
