WAKING UP WAS EASIER than expected and the girls were ready and waiting by the time Zahara came to get them. They stopped to purchase large coffees, but still had plenty of time to walk leisurely to Dr. Brown's office. As only Cat and Evelyn were participating in what they still thought was a made-up study abroad program, they'd be doing most of their work either in his office or in the library at the university.
Zahara led them to a beautiful building rich with dark woods and marble flooring, knocking on a door with frosted glass that read Dr. Robert Brown, English Studies. The door opened with a slight creak and an elderly man with snowy wild hair, a brown tweed suit that hid a diminutive statue, and glasses with twinkling eyes glowing behind them merrily waved them in.
"Come in, my de
