And Suzan slept better than she had in years, a deep, soundless, weightless sleep.When she awoke, she stretched and breathed in deeply, breathed in the fumes of the cars below and the scents of wisteria and heliotrope that grew in the small patch yards across the street.Since it was still night, she figured she had slept for two or three hours, yet it had been a wonderful, refreshing sleep.

She also felt incredibly hungry, as if she hadn't eaten in days; but first, Suzan ...