“Bethel’s been declared an evacuation zone, Iris. Everyone is being ordered to evacuate, and I, for one, am taking myself down there and making sure each and every one of those bums loafing around there knows it and gets out.” Mom murmurs something probably intended to cal...
“It’s an attic.” Goldenrod sounded delighted as she started to climb up the ladder. She had just poked her head past the ceiling when Birch immediately heard her give a sharp intake of breath. “Whoa!” she said. “What?” Birch asked, afraid of the answer. “You have to come see this,” she said as sh...
Casey leaves us when we reach the stairs. He’s scheduled himself to get three artists to sign some books. “I’ll have exactly twenty-five minutes for lunch at one thirty,” he says, looking at his watch. “Not sure that’s enough time for the food court.” He’s probably right. We found out last year j...