Chapter 6

“Not if you want food, Sir K,” Brian told him. He’d decided to shorten the bird’s name for convenience sake.

“Food. Hungry.”

“Good lord, I just fed you.” Despite saying that, Brian refilled two of the cups—one with grain, the other with fresh fruit. Then, after the bird began eating, he left.

* * * *

“You will neverguess what happened,” Brian said to Janice, one of his co-workers, while they were on a break Wednesday afternoon.

“Tell me,” she replied. “And it better be good. I’m not in the mood for bad news.”

“Trouble in paradise?” he asked. A logical question since she and her boyfriend of the moment were in an on-again, off-again relationship.

“Eh, the usual. So what’s your news?”

“I’ve moved, and you’ll never guess where or why.” When she rolled her eyes, he laughed and told her.

“Way to go!” she exclaimed when he finished. “So you never knew about him until yesterday? That is too weird.”