CHAPTER 41Footsteps, shuffling and voices pierced Mara’s subconscious and pulled her awake from a deep sleep, as she lay on the couch in the living room. Opening her eyes, she found she could not focus on anything for a few moments, because her eyes didn’t seem to want to work, and it was pitch dark. Someone flipped on the lamp sitting on the end table next to where Mara’s head lay. The light blinded her.
“Hi, Mar-ree!” Hannah said, her cheeks rosy from the cool air outside.
Mara rubbed her eyes and sat up. The little leather-bound book from the future slid from her chest to her lap. “Hey, are you trying to blind me? I thought you guys were going to visit Ping at the hospital.”
Sam swept around the end of the couch and grabbed Hannah by the waist, lifting her into the air, pirouetting a
