CAT HAD AWOKEN TO THE dawn creeping silently into the rooms that morning. It parted the curtains gently with soft fingers of light, tapping on the eyelids in each room and stirring the occupants who rose quietly, entering the main living area in fits and starts. Evelyn had been up first again and had coffee already brewed, deliciously ready for the bleary eyed heroes as they stumbled in. With quiet good mornings and sips of coffee, conversation slowly rose to normal levels. Mai and Jake walked in holding hands and Cat smiled at the tenderness she could see in their every glance and touch. True love was beautiful and she was glad she knew what it looked like if she was going to die that day. The love she saw reminded her of Evelyn and her confusion over Robin, and she looked at her friend,
