Summary:Hunter's Gift/Chapter 1/Scene 4

Leslie arrives at work, having managed to get herself in a more presentable state. Jasmine is working on the front desk, also a little hung over. Asks where Leslie got to. They got separated.

Jas mentions something that was in the newspapers, and says they were worried because they didn't know where Leslie was. Some talking at cross-purposes, because Leslie initially assumes they were talking about the Collins article.

The news said to check up on any friends who were on Clayton Street that night, but gives no real details. The police have cordoned off a street, but the reporters are just guessing why. Jas's friend Maxime claims to have seen it before they put the barriers up; it looked like there had been a huge fire in an alleyway, walls blackened, and Tara (a friend of a friend) said they'd found charred pieces of bones.

Jas also urges Leslie to clock in soon, as Robert Becker (their immediate manager) is "on the warpath".

Leslie tries to forget everything else and just work, but she's on the edge of a panic attack because of her previous experiences.