CHAPTER SEVEN
“All Right,” said the [Cheshire] Cat; and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone.”
LEWIS CARROLL: “ALICE’S ADVENTURE’S IN WONDERLAND”
“Jane Oldsfield,” Sam said in a voice that held no greeting.
“In the flesh, my dear,” the woman replied, sitting up and dangling her long legs over Sam’s quilted bedspread.
“What do you want?”
Jane shook her hair back. “I already told you that, but you didn’t listen.”
“If it’s about the job, I won’t be going tomorrow. It isn’t worth it.”
The woman laughed again, but it was a shortened version of her usual cacophony. “Oh, you’ll go, Samantha, but you won’t be working for Greg. You’ll be working for me.”
Sam took a step backw
