Eleanor laughed and said “Is the boy a monster, that you had to pull me out of the restaurant like that, as if we were on some secret mission” Aliya drove out of the restaurant premises and took Eleanor to a different restaurant and left her there. She drove back to that same restaurant and to see the lady he was with, but the had left the restaurant. She went back when Eleanor was done with her food. They drove home, Aliya went to the hospital to visit Saya. She entered and saw Dave on the couch, with files opened and papers everywhere across the couch.

Saya’s room was a...