Chapter 88. The Sound Beyond The Door

On their third evening, Diana woke from a nap and found the room empty.

For a moment, she was back in the old uncertainty: reaching across a bed, not knowing what she would be told when somebody finally returned.

Then she heard Gabriel moving in the kitchen.

The relief annoyed her. She had known where he was likely to be. Still, her body had arrived at fear before her thoughts caught up.

She pulled on a cardigan and went downstairs.

He stood at the counter with his phone in his hand.

“Everything all right?” she asked.

“Yes. Kate sent the answer to a question I left before we came away.”

He put the phone down.

“Did you sleep?”

“A little.”

Gabriel studied her face. “Something happened.”

“Nothing happened.”

He waited.

Diana folded her arms, then unfolded them.

“I woke up and you weren't there. For three seconds, I thought you might be about to disappear into a problem you wouldn't tell m