At the end of the sidewalk, the door to the apartment building burst open. Declan stood in it, his jacket half-pulled on, his keys dangling in his hand. She didn’t need to be told that he had been coming to look for her. She could see it in his body language, in his face.
“Jordan,” he said. “You’re—”
She could see another bird falling from the sky, a larger one, at the end of the street. It set off the car alarm when it hit the windshield.
With wonder, she said to Declan, “I’m awake.”
She was very, very awake.
It really was a nice day.