Nadia had managed to do a pretty good job so far of not thinking too much about where Walter was or what he was doing, today. The many conversations she'd had in the second floor common room had certainly helped with that.

Unfortunately, she still hadn't been able to get much sleep. So in the afternoon, she headed upstairs to take a nap.

( Her phone had other ideas. )

Nadia had eaten all of her cookies. She'd practiced her guitar. She'd fed and played with Furrball, and had worked on her lines, and had done pretty much everything except open the package she'd gotten that day.

But she couldn't put that off forever, and her curiosity finally took over. She opened the package.

Inside was a necklace and ( a note )