They slept in the communal room again. It reminded Katelina of a high school sleepover, only without the popcorn, movies and hairspray. And, when she woke the next evening, there were no donuts, only rice, vegetables and soup.
The sun was still up when Katelina finished her breakfast. Etsuko explained that they must be ready to go the moment it sank. "To avoid being followed." Though she didn't say by whom, Katelina knew she meant Wolfe.
Etsuko gave her back her clean laundry. It had the telltale stiffness of line drying, but it was better than nothing. Katelina packed quickly, then carried her luggage outside. Three black cars waited, trunks open and partially full. She slung her suitcase inside one, next to Maeko's brightly colored trunk.
The sky was still purple to the East when Maek
