The Taken Of Lena
Erica wasn't surprised—her son watched little TV and usually had his head buried in some kind of book.
"Okay. I'll be back soon," she said, giving him a wry smile as she started to close the bathroom door. "Don't start without me."
As the door closed, Josh felt his heart start to race. "What the heck did that mean?" he asked himself. "It probably doesn't mean anything. Relax, buddy...relax." He pulled down the covers, stacked his pillows against the headboard and lay back against them. It was fairly warm in the room, so he just pulled the sheet back up over him. Stanford had sent him a list of some reading material they expected him to be familiar with, and he'd bought a couple of the books