Chapter 16

From what I could see, we were—well—practically everyone. Even Ginger, although her husband and the Dunns weren’t there. Much to my surprise, I saw Neil by the bookcase, deep in conversation with Reed as they put the books the vandal had thrown around back on the shelves. I wondered why he was here, before realizing he was still on summer break. The rooms were back to normal again, and I thanked everyone profusely.

A shadow fell across the floor. I turned to see Steve standing in the doorway. “It looks like you’ve got a lot of good friends, Adam.”

“I do,” I replied. “I wasn’t looking forward to cleaning up, but now…”

“Hey,” Tyler said, slinging his arm around my shoulders. “That’s what friends are for. Of course now you have to break out the beer in payment.”