They all ended up crashing at Maya’s house that night. Sure enough, Angela phoned only about fifteen minutes after Caitlin had called home, and spoke to Luz Trujillo for nearly an hour while Caitlin and Danica and Alex sat in the family room and pretended to watch television. At least Danica hadn’t yet asked where Roslyn was. Caitlin wasn’t sure if she could handle that right now. Eventually, her friend would have to learn something of the truth, but Danica was too fragile right now, still nowhere close to herself.
Apparently, the McAllisters and the Wilcoxes had agreed that there probably wasn’t anyplace safer for their two girls than with the de la Paz prima, and that was why Caitlin and Danica were told to stay put, and that a contingent from Jerome would be coming down in the morning
