> "You look around down here I'll head upstairs." Julia suggested, already
> taking the stairs two at a time and making it to the second floor.
>
> Carefully as not to startle the girl if she came across her, Julia went
from
> room to room, ending up at the old library.
>
> She walked in, a stray thought of the repairs being done ahead of schedule
> and looking like new, when she spotted Alyssa "There you are. Get bored?"
>
Alex hurried off calling Alyssa's name, her heart doing tap dances the whole
way.
Alyssa, who had reached the library and was staring at the rows upon of
books, and thinking about climbing on a shelf or two to reach the top,
turned and looked at Julia solemnly. She nodded slowly. "Did you read all
these books?"
Alyssa
