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“Oh,to stay in my house and work on the next Monica book”

“Good idea,” Henry said “Oh, by the way, hoas Jonny?”

Jonny?

Pandy had to suddenly sit back down on the bed The sound of Jonny’s name caused an uncontrollable physical reaction A sort of s, as if the next time she saw Jonny, she wouldn’t be able to walk

She’d be like ice cream puddled in his hands

“Hello? Are you there?” Henry cracked

Pandy coughed “He was fine It was nothing”

“Good,” Henry said “Check me later”

“You too, bro,” Pandy replied casually

After she hung up, she ran back to theand looked out It was bad out there, but not terrible Not bad enough to deter soe snowstorate difficult weather

Andof Jonny And that’s when she decided: So to see Jonny

She e pot of coffee and turned back to the TV

Theeveryone as not eency personnel to remain inside

Then the storm expert spoke The snoould continue for the next hour, followed by a brief moment of calm, when the eye of the storm would reach the city Residents shouldn’t be fooled: When the eye passed over, the winds would pick up another blast of cold air, and—blah, blah, blah, Pandy thought dismissively The expert described ould co rain, snowballs the size of baseballs—perhaps even a plague of frozen locusts—but Pandy wasn’t concerned

Nor was she worried about the mayor’s insistence that residents stay inside Those kinds of warnings were only for people who hadn’t grown up with nor’easters