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Stephanie, concerned, felt Lena’s forehead She wasn’t hot In fact, she seemed to be too cold

"Maybe you should take the afternoon off," Stephanie advised her

"There’s h," Lena said ruefully

"Yes, but… I think we’ve already proven that we’re a great ense to be hard if you can’t stand up on Friday night Have your fitting, then take your outline scripts and go back to bed You can study there Maybe you’re getting a flu"

"I guess itlike that," Lena said "I aet well," Stephanie told her

It was very strange If Lena had been with the group partying the night before, Stephanie ood herself that ht before and been mercifully undisturbed by dreams

Clay ca at Lena with real concern He, too, touched her forehead He didn’t appeared to be relieved in the least that she didn’t have a fever

"Let me walk you back to your place," he told her

She let out a little sigh "Actually, that would be great I feel so weak!"

The two of theh the restaurant and get her soth Lena dereed

Disturbed, and not at all sure why, Stephanie called to Doug

"Yeah?"

"DoLena back to her rooo, too? She really doesn’t seeht"

"Whatever you say," Doug said "Hey, now there’s a change for you Suzette is the one who should be down this "

"Oh? We were at the local café, an old place that opened… well, centuries ago, I guess And we had a lot of local wine But here we are--Drew, Suzette, andyou as well," Stephanie said

Doug lifted his shoulders and let the, too He never showed up

Anyway, I’ll go after theht"

"Thanks"

Stephanie watched hilanced at her watch It was barely eleven; Grant wouldn’t be there until one She’d been fitted; Lena’s costume had been left behind, Clay’s was already set for alterations as well They’d worked hard for long hours yesterday, and the rehearsals would go much smoother once Grant showed up

"Hey, boss lady!" Drew called to her "I think our costu So what’s up next?"

"The beach," Stephanie said

"What?" Suzette de toward her

"The beach We’ll break today I don’t think any of us made it in to breakfast It’s eleven noe’ll et some sun, or run around the local shops"

"Really?" Suzette said

Drew nudged her with an elbow "Hey, yeah, really! I’ the streets You can come with me if you want We can wait for Drew and Clay Two hours of daylight We need to rab food that we can carry--"

"You know, there actually is no McDonald’s here," Suzette said

"Okay, okay, we sit doe eat, we run We dash back to our places, jump into suits, and lie on the sand Stephanie, are you with us?"

She shook her head "I’ bread, cheese, ht for the sand"

"Bread and wine and thee Maybe we should do the saested to Suzette

"I don’t care e do, but rinning at Stephanie

Stephanie started toward the rear of the café

"Hey, your bungalow is that way!" Drew told her

"I’et the local doctor to look in on Lena Then I’ll be out there, okay?"

"Sound decision," Drew said gravely "We’ll just grab Doug and Clay, and be with you in the wink of an eye!"

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