Chapter 12

I was astonished. “What do you…”

“She knows,” he said. “Shelly has a brother who’s just like us.” I blinked, and my mouth opened and closed twice, without any words coming out.

“Would you look at that? He’s speechless!” Sully grinned at me, and I kicked him on the shin.

“Ouch!” I laughed as he hopped around on one foot.

“That’s what you get,” I said, and stuck out my tongue.

“All right, guys,” Shelly said. “We have some food to share if you’re hungry, and then it’s time to go.” She looked at me. “You’re the first one we’ll drop off, and then from there, we head west.”

“I appreciate this more than you know,” I said.

She patted me on the cheek and went to get her meal.

“Amazing, right?” Sully said.

“Yeah.” Now that I’d found him again, I didn’t want to lose contact so soon. “So, are you in a hurry to get back to San Francisco?”

He turned to study me, his arms crossed on his chest. “Why? You have a better offer?”