Chapter Ten
Kimberley lay on her back, eyes closed, no longer asleep but not yet fully awake. The thin blanket they’d given her had slid down to her waist, and she was enjoying the feeling of faint currents of air moving over her bared breasts. She was also enjoying the feeling of the blanket against her legs, of the mattress against her body, but mostly she was enjoying the feeling of being fully rested for the first time in many days. She was still hungry, but that seemed minor just now. She was also a little sore, but she compared it to the good kind of sore one felt after vigorous exercise. She took a deep breath, held it, and let it out in a long, contented sigh. Eyes still closed, she smiled to herself. She understood what Barbara had told her much better now. She understood a lot o
