Chapter 30

“Andy.”

“Why Andy?” I said.

“Because he’s a panda, can’t you tell?”

“Okay, I see that now,” I said. “I guess this means you’re glad to have him back?” Silly question—he was hugging the animal for dear life.

“Yes, Sir,” he said. “He keeps me company at night.”

“Good,” Mike said, “now you’ll have Andy and Thor to keep you company.”

“What about the rest of these things?” I said.

“Can I take them with me to Florida?”

“You bet.”

“Okay.”

I lifted him down from the truck, and the three of us gathered the things and carried them upstairs. “We need to get Robbie some sort of duffle bag or a little suitcase,” Mike said. “There’s a lot of clothes and stuff to carry home Sunday.”

“I guess that means we’ll go to Wally World for the locks and signs,” I said. “We can look for duffle bags while I deal with the hardware.”

I heard the phone ringing in the kitchen and dashed up the rest of the stairs and across the room just in time.