pIt only took a few hours to get to the 'Dale./p

pIf she'd been thinking straight, she would've crashed at Angel's overnight, but that would have involved talking, and explanations, and she wasn't in the mood for either one./p

pShe didn't get her old room at the motel, but she got a similar one, and for something that looked not at all homelike, it felt like home./p

pShe set the mannequin up in a chair, where it could watch her./p

pShe peeled off her clothing. She could sleep naked- preferred to, in fact./p

pPajamas were for people who couldn't bench-press their own weight./p

pTomorrow she could Bronze it./p

pShe wrapped the leather jacket around the mannequin securely./p

pTonight, she would catch up on her freedom and her rest./p

pBut first, she would make sure the door was double-locked./p