43 Miranda tried thinking about how she felt about people she herself cared about who weren’t here. Like…Jon. It had been twenty-five hours since she’d last seen Jon on Johnston Atoll. Because of how they’d parted, should she have expected to hear from him? It was the sort of question she typically asked Holly. She’d learned to ask Holly about her relationship questions. Her advice had proven to be more helpful and measurably more comprehensible than Mike’s on the subject. But now she wasn’t here. Mike jumped to his feet and stalked away to the kitchenette to fuss with his espresso machine. “Andi? Should I be hearing from Jon? We did not part amicably.” Andi almost laughed. “That is putting it mildly. It wouldn’t surprise me if Holly threatened to castrate him if he ever contacted yo

