Alex Kolker Books

        She’s coming in the door as you – and the half-dozen people walking with you – are headed out.  She holds the door open to let you pass.

“Excuse me—” you begin.

        “Nope,” she tells you – almost exactly how she said it before.  And then she walks right past you into the building.

Looking back over your shoulder, you decide

• to keep trying.

• that this isn't the right time, and you'll keep going forward until a better opportunity presents itself.

• to pull out Inez’s note to try your hand at solving the puzzle.

• to let the rabbit’s foot decide where you go.