The Missing Page (Page & Sommers #2)

by Cat Sebastian

Wendy let out a sigh. “No ‘how are you Wendy?’ or ‘how are the piglets, Wendy?’ Rude.” “How are you, Wendy? How are the piglets, Wendy?” “Excellent and not quite fat enough to eat. I’ll leave you to decide which is me and which is the piglets. I hope James won’t mind but I put in a few more garden beds behind his shed.” “It’s February. What can he possibly do with more garden—wait. James doesn’t have a shed.” “Well, he does now,” Wendy said brightly. “Also, there are a few chickens living in it, but they’re on the run from the law.” “Wendy, he’s been gone for less than a day. How did you build a—you know what? I don’t want to know how. It’s either black magic or the black market and it’s better to keep me in the dark.” Wendy had an extremely flexible and communitarian approach to rationing, which involved a steady stream of goods changing hands for what Wendy insisted wasn’t technically money or ration tickets. At this point, Leo was pretty sure that subverting the rationing system was the only thing keeping her from running drugs or arms or taking control of the criminal underworld. “When you get arrested, I shan’t do anything about it,” he lied.