Dad looked in to see what all the fuss was about and suddenly remembered that he needed to go in a little early to set up for the Labor Day sale. Being Labor Day, it was slow at the Bantam Chef. People were home making their own burgers and hot dogs in the back yard. Most of the customers were coming through the drive-thru to pick up pulled pork barbeque to take to the lake. I packed cups of it until three o’clock and then they decided I could go home, but Shelby had to stay at work. I told her I was fine and would walk down the street to the high school because some kids from drama would be in the auditorium. I broke into the auditorium same as before and climbed the catwalk only to hear the soft chiming giggle of a woman coming from Theo’s place. Then, he laughed. I crept around and looked in. The room was dark as night. Twinkling stars glittered and sparkled above a vast desert plain that made the sky look bigger than I’d ever seen.
