Chapter 17
Waking before dawn from the beeping of satellite trucks parked directly in front of the bungalow and around the Apapane Ring park, Pari Malik eats breakfast and emails Camila and Miguel Rivera for exact specifications on the steel rods and statues they ordered for their roof. Before bathing she ensures that all of Abby's curtains are drawn tight, since reporters have been taking liberties and peeking in the windows.
Knowing she does some of her clearest thinking while in the bathtub, Pari draws hot water with lavender mint oil and soaks until her body is so calm there are no ripples on the surface of the water. Her thoughts drift back before the media spectacle and focus on the singularity of the great house with its tower, enclosed courtyard, rooftop walkways, and staircase
