Chapter 84

“Now, Goose?”

“Okay. Now.”

When we finally did reenter the store, the snow globe simile was reversed. Our eyes were at the glass, and outside the store, it looked as if we’d turned things upside down, and then upright to get the white moving.

Wilbur wanted up in my arms. The moment he felt how wet they were, he decided he didn’t. He found my coat instead, the one I should have put on before going outside, and snuggled down into that, instead.

“You get warmed up, baby boy. Brr.” I pressed myself into Patrick, my back to his front, and he folded his arms around me, tracing the lines of my upper torso, and marking my heart with a letter P. I wondered if the action was a conscious one on his part. He didn’t say a word, until I shivered

“This isn’t going to work with wet clothes on.”

I concurred. “No.”

“So, what do we do about that?”