Holiday shrugged. Her sister wasn't one of the monsters anymore, so it definitely wasn't all bad.

She almost gave a sad frown at not believing in happy endings. Holiday had begun to be that way, too, but she couldn't let it go, even here. It would hurt too much to just let go.

"I hope so. Having a few close friends trumps having a lot of friends that barley know you anyway."

Oh wait. "What happened in Baghdad?" Different timeline here. If Cindy's referring to the whole Iraq thing, that happened years ago.