Juliette wouldn’t entrust this morning’s cooking to anyone else. She ordered Eve to take the day off and forced the girl outside to take a walk. Sometimes Juliette forgot Eve could go days — maybe even weeks — without leaving the house if nobody was paying attention. Juliette liked to do her own shopping in the marketplace where all the Korean-Chinese vendors congregated. It kept her language skills sharp when her ears were bombarded with dozens of conversations going on at once, and frankly, she hated being cooped up in that huge empty house all the time. She didn’t always remember her housekeeper had the same needs for fresh air and time alone, and she couldn’t even guess the last time Eve went out.
Juliette thought about the way her husband would tease her if he knew how high in her ch
