Chapter Seven
Micah had closed his eyes. It felt like a mere five minutes. In the momentary shuttering of his eyes, the night vanished, and daylight greeted him. He opened his eyes. A light showered through the parted sheer bedroom curtains. He detected voices talking in another room in the house.
Dressing he walked out to the entrance hallway and was greeted by Vera. She had arrived early and was wearing a grey suit with a dark cherry colored blouse and matching lipstick. She was seated at a large cherry wood desk with a nickel-plated adjustable desk lamp situated on top and a few papers and booklets. The residence and offices were conceived and designed in part as a modernized version of a Queen Anne Victorian era dwelling. The décor and design were an intimate and colorful sophisticat
