CHAPTER 38
Juliette’s nose reminded her it was Saturday even before she opened her eyes. Saturday brunch. The family tradition began before the Sterns moved to Yanji and continued after nearly everyone left. Eve usually spent an hour or more getting everything ready. Roger would join them before putting in a half day at the office. Juliette breathed in the scent of garlic and onions, imagined the warmth from the oven steaming all the way up the stairs, and thought she heard bacon sizzling.
She took her time getting dressed, enjoying the slow, lazy feel of the day. She couldn’t remember the last time she slept in so late. She thought of her friends back in the States who held subscription boxes at the opera and pitied Juliette and her “backward” existence overseas. Did any of them wake up
