Jason arrives home shortly after six this evening. A film of purple glaze in a thin layer of blue mist sits on Redder’s horizon. A calm wind stirs, blowing through his hair as he enters the house. Once inside he drops his murse into a kitchen chair and removes his spring jacket, which he places over the back of the chair. His next feat is to replenish his caffeine-craving system with a cup of coffee. Before using the single-cup machine on the kitchen counter, he sees a lime green note card on the table’s surface. In navy blue handwriting is a single word: surprise.
He thinks of Gillian mentioning a surprise. Does the card have something to do with that? Is it the same surprise she had spoken of, but didn’t go into detail about? Jason wonders. How can’t he wonder, allowing his mind to stra
