Question:
She stopped in the middle of an alley , looking up to the rooftops but still not finding where he 'd gone . Cady 's brow furrowed and she glanced back to find the wolf right behind her . She smiled at him and let her hand fall to his back .

What is she trying to do with her hand ?
Answer:
Pet the wolf calmly

Question:
The night before my gears stopped working on my bike and Jake was kind enough to lend me his bike . The gears on his bike worked great , it was just a good twenty pounds heavier than the bike I was used to . I managed to lug it off the bike rake and wander over to the starting area .

What happened after I got to the starting area ?
Answer:
I started a race using Jake 's bike .

Question:
Della and I spent a great deal of our youth in the woods . Weekends " in the country " which equals at family property in Kent . Also Summers in Haines Alaska for a decade . The smell of earth and ferns and damp is the same .

Why does the narrator get nostalgic by ferns ?
Answer:
It reminds them of their youth .

Question:
Aislinn 's tests came back negative . Good thing too , because though the standard procedure is just a round or two of antibiotics , if Leo had to hear me give one more instruction on the care and feeding of his second daughter in the days before they left for China , I think he would have started to twitch . But yesterday morning the three of us were up at 5:00 , and Leo and Aislinn were out the door at 6:00 . It 's interesting to me that it 's almost as stressful to plan someone else 's international travel as it is to plan my own ( and I was n't even the one to book the tickets ) .

Why are some people relieved for Aislinn ?
Answer:
They are not sick .