CHAPTER 34
Clarice turned her attention back to organizing her own desk quickly and efficiently. Mandy noticed that her own desk was already set up, right down to a coaster for her daily Coke, caffeine-free, diet. Definitely not the real thing, but at least it still said Coca-Cola on it and it wreaked less havoc on her system.
File first.
Phillip’s second and final Crash Code.
“Desertification.” Again no cover sheet. A gentle breeze through the back window riffled the pages. Oak and pine and the cool upper reaches of the White Mountains drifted in the back window. Beyond the lawn, beyond the forest that snuggled so close about the old farm, the rock and scrub ridges she knew so well sent their clean scent down to her. Maybe being back here wasn’t such a bad idea. Life had been good her
