Chapter 46: SilkeSilke rolled over, and at the sound of cotton being dragged across rubber, blinked her eyes open. She was lying at the very edge of the air mattress. Next to her, Lauren was fast asleep, but somewhere in the apartment, Silke could hear Lara’s animated chatter and, even more appealing, the smell of brewing coffee permeated the air. She grabbed fresh underwear and socks, and in order to not disturb Lauren, yesterday’s clothes, and tiptoed out of the room, pulling the door closed behind her as silently as she could.
Five minutes later, she joined Claudia in the kitchen. “Where is everybody?”
“Look at the clock, Schlafmuetze.”
Oh, yeah. Bernhard would be at work already. “Mom gone, too?”
“She went to the hospital early. She wants to catch the doctor on morning rounds. Dad
