Miyuki woke up covered in sweat. She stumbled to Kiri’s room and stared into the emptiness. She closed the door, walked to Jenna’s room, and sat down on her bed. She put the T-shirts and sweatpants she had folded into the drawer and listened to the silence. That was why she couldn’t sleep.
She kept expecting the detectives to wake her with news. They were in the living room with her cellphone and passcode in case any calls came in. She smoothed the covers and thought about the enjoy nature field trip the two girls wouldn’t be on.
She called the school to tell them—in a tight, fake voice—that both girls had a fever and would miss the field trip. She called her boss and told him she had a fever, assuring him she would answer emails all day on her work phone and iPad.
She went to the bathr
