“he said. She blinked. “How did you figure that out?” “You are not difficult to read.” Great. She had the sudden thought she wanted to be mysterious and interesting. Mostly interesting. Like that was going to happen. “A lot has changed in a short period of time,” she told him. “This morning I woke up in my usual bed in the orphanage. Tonight I’m here.” “And before you lived in El Deharia? Where did you sleep?” She smiled. “In the Midwest. It’s very different. No ocean. No sand. It’s a lot colder.... It’s already November. Back home the leaves would be gone and we’d be bracing for the first snowfall. Here, it’s lovely.” “One of the great pleasures of the most perfect place on earth.” “You think El Deharia is perfect?” “Don’t you think the same of your birthplace?” Not really, she thought. But they came from very different circumstances. “I guess,” she murmured, then felt awkward. “I was a teacher there, too,” she added, to change the subject.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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