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“Oh,” I said, snapping out of my analysis of his face. “Umm…”
Halli stepped in. “She got a little lost on that other route. By the time she showed up there wasn’t any more room in the mattress lager. They had to put her up in one of the outbuildings.”
“What outbuilding?” Daniel asked in a friendly enough way.
“There.” Halli pointed to the little hermit’s hut off in the distance. “How was it in there, Audie?”
“Nice,” I said. “Very comfortable.”
I’m not really good at lying. I was glad Halli took the lead.
“And this morning?” Daniel said to me. “I didn’t see you at breakfast.”
Halli answered again. “Audie loves to get up before dawn and go watch the sunrise. How was it today?”
“Beautiful,” I said. “Stunning.”
Daniel smiled at me again. “I see.”
I found Halli’s leg under the tab
