Nettie didn't need anyone to wake her after two hours. An hour after Diana left, Nettie found herself awake - and bored out of her mind. Yes, she hurt all over, but her mind was racing, mostly with incredulity about being here, in Eli Lawson's home.

He'd stacked all her belongings in the room, so she didn't have to ask anyone for a magazine. The book of poetry she'd been re-reading the day before - had it really only been twenty-four hours since she'd crawled up to her room? - ...