Alice stumbled the last half block, chest burning and stomach heaving though she'd emptied it at least three times on the other side of the park. Her bruised and aching feet, sandals forgotten at the back door long before she'd returned to the hotel, bled footprints as she collapsed into the metal railing of the front fence. Footsteps rushed for her, hands grasping her, pulling her up, supporting her. Alice leaned against Rose's side, the warmth of the woman's arm around her ...