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Chapter 4

I got to see the upstairs that had just been remodeled into individual rooms for borders—not huge, but modern and private. I also got a peek at what I thought of as some pretty swanky bathroom facilities for a boarding house. I had no idea what Miss Baxter’s rates were going to be, but the accommodations were definitely first-class all the way.

We wound up back on the main floor, seated side-by-side on a sofa in the parlor. Anise still had not let go of my hand, but then I hadn’t really wanted her to. Feeling a bit awkward now that the tour had ended, I turned my gaze to the piano, a beautiful black-lacquered baby grand. “Do you play?”

“Me?” Anise said. “Nah. Can’t really sit still that long. Got to be flying down a hill at mach two or I start to get fidgety.”

“You want to go see a movie or something?” Jeez Margo, she tells you she doesn’t like to sit still and you ask her to a movie? Real smooth.“Um, I mean. Um.”