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.

        “Hey, don’t I know you?” you ask.

        “Nope,” she says simply and breezes past you without even slowing down.

        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.