She received a nod of acknowledgment but he continued to slowly pick up and straighten, just to give her eyes something to follow. "Just a little more."

"I missed you," Trip immediately answered. The statement was said factually. "It took me off guard that you were gone. Annie's good people. She tipped me off on you disappearing. I met Haymitch then. A number of us started looking for you. It's been five days."

Her clothes were all carefully put back into her luggage and the luggage placed on the table. "A young girl--Caroline, I think her name is--was found murdered and everyone was on the hunt for who did that. I pretty much haven't slept between all that."