Season of Passage, the
“It was Dmitri's diary, recorded in Russian, in a firm graceful hand. She decided to take it back to the Hawk and have Friend translate it.
As Lauren closed the diary and prepared to stand and leave, she caught the slightest trace of movement at the limit of her peripheral vision. It came from the lower cot, and it made her freeze so solid she could have turned to stone. It was just her imagination running away with her, sure, she knew that. But was there just a one in a mil ion chance there was... someone under the blankets?
Come look, come peek. You know you want to, Lori.
Lauren thought of cal ing Jim and Bil . They were just in the other rooms. She was having trouble speaking, though; it had something to do with her dry throat. And even if she could talk, she had to wonder whether she wanted to make a fool of herself again, as she had with Carl. Of course it was another Carl she was worried about. Good old Carl. He seemed to be with her now, giving her advice. There real y was no other way to explain why she was standing up and walking toward the bed.MoreLess
As Lauren closed the diary and prepared to stand and leave, she caught the slightest trace of movement at the limit of her peripheral vision. It came from the lower cot, and it made her freeze so solid she could have turned to stone. It was just her imagination running away with her, sure, she knew that. But was there just a one in a mil ion chance there was... someone under the blankets?
Come look, come peek. You know you want to, Lori.
Lauren thought of cal ing Jim and Bil . They were just in the other rooms. She was having trouble speaking, though; it had something to do with her dry throat. And even if she could talk, she had to wonder whether she wanted to make a fool of herself again, as she had with Carl. Of course it was another Carl she was worried about. Good old Carl. He seemed to be with her now, giving her advice. There real y was no other way to explain why she was standing up and walking toward the bed.MoreLess
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