Day 4: Rain is Falling
J0 shook me lightly as she tried not to startle me out of sleep.
“Hey, hon. Do you want some breakfast?”
I cleared the cobwebs from my head.
“What time is it?”
Light shot across the sterile interior of the town house. I turned toward the window above the bed. The sun was up, and the sky was very blue.
“Almost 9:30.”
I looked at the alarm clock to see exactly what time it was.
Nine twenty-nine. Again.
“Breakfast would be great,” I answered.
“I went to Eldorado’s already this morning. I bought groceries to get us through the rest of the week.”
“How long have you been up?”
“About two hours.”
I sat up in bed, and I let the covers fall to my waist. J0 went into the kitchen and grabbed some pans from the cabinets. I could hear her c***k an egg over the frying
