I must have slept eleven straight hours. Changing, I groggily stumbled into the dining room where Ed Regis had left me a plate of ham and eggs.“You should have woken me,” I said to him. “I would have done this.”“It’s no problem,” he replied, clearing the table. By the number of plates, I could tell that Terry and James had eaten here too.As I sat down in front of my breakfast, I asked, “Where is everyone?”“Terry and James are back in their apartment.”“And Alia?”“Picking up where she left off.”I laughed. “Hope she stays awake this time.”Last night had been a bit of a mess. Alia always left the bathroom door unlocked, but remembering Terry’s insistence that my sister was no longer a child, I respected her privacy and banged on the door until she woke. But the noise I made woke Ed Regis too, who first thought that we were under attack. It was some time before we could all settle down again.Ed Regis poured me a glass of orange juice as he said, “I think she’s in one of her moods, Adrian.
