When Will Paradise Be Restored?

We're not in Kansas anymore.

Janet stared at herself in the bathroom mirror and shivered.

She dabbed at her eyes, applying the make up she’d saved for tonight, still shocked that tonight was finally here. She switched to powder,  back to eye liner, then applied more lipstick. A couple of adjustments to the wig and, satisfied, she leaned back to survey the results.

The doorbell rang. …