The September light came through the window thin and pale, the color of weak tea, and Melanie Goodwit was already awake before her alarm had a chance to ring. She reached over and switched it off, the plastic button cool under her thumb, and sat up in the narrow bed. The dormitory room was small.
The September light came through the window thin and pale, the color of weak tea, and Melanie Goodwit was already awake before her alarm had a chance to ring. She reached over and switched it off, the plastic button cool under her thumb, and sat up in the narrow bed. The dormitory room was small.