“What I can’t figure is, how they even got in,” I was saying, as I stared at the muddy prints. “I mean. I know they opened doors in Jurassic Park, but, come on.”
Naomi blushed and shrunk, noticeably. “Yeah— well. That would be me. I’d been trying to air the house out, see, before you showed up, and had propped open a side door—and I guess I forgot all about it. Sorry.”
“It’s all right, no one got hurt. It’s just ...” I tilted my chin, still studying the tracks. “But look how close they got—they had us completely surrounded.” I shook my head. “I could have sworn it was a dream. Whatever. It’s not quite daylight. If we leave now we can reach San—”
“Leave, now?” She looked at me as though I’d slapped her. “What are you talking about?”
I must have just stared at her. “San Rafael. I’m talki
