Marielle looked from Francie to Clifford for a reaction to what she’d just said.

“Do you actually want to find out what happened to her?” Francie asked with his eyes stretched wide in excitement.

“I had a disturbing dream about her, so I suppose that I sort of owe her? She reached out to me, isn’t that it?” Marielle responded with her hands spread out, palms up. She needed to show her companions that the dancer was helpless.

“So, you feel that you are the ...