Snow! So much snow! And Beth was late coming home. Meghan was concerned. She and Beth had been living together for six weeks now, and Beth had never been this late without calling. She tried Beth’s cell for the sixth or seventh time in the last hour, and still no connection. The circuits must be down. She paced and paced, stopping at the window with each circuit of the living room to peer out into the dark. Worried and exasperated, she decided to take a hot shower. Maybe that would take her mind off ... But it didn’t. Two minutes after stepping into the shower she stepped out. Was that the door? She hurried to check.