The sun was coming in her window now, through the partially open drapes.
Doreen was relaxed, fully comfortable, well slept.
She put her hand to her forehead and thought it odd that she had no hangover. Pulling the leather thong brought the amulet to view. As she held it in her hand, she started seeing that the strange occurrences were more than coincidences and had lack of explanations which ran through them.
Then she knew she had to find out about it's origins.
She had some vacation time coming, and it was always warm in South America.
However, it took far longer than she imagined to actually start her trip.