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.

        “Hello,” you say to her, but she brushes right past you into the building.

        Looking back over your shoulder, you watch her disappear into the crowd.  With a sigh, you decide

• to try again.

• 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.