Chapter 16

“Well, that’s not going to make it easier for you.”

As we walked toward the back door, he reminded me about the security system and my codes.

He stood for a minute in the doorway staring at me. He shook his head. “Good luck,” he muttered. 7

Three days later, when the roads were soup and the sky radiated fall, Jason…I mean, David called back all excited to give me his ideas. I had him meet me and Fredi at the building with Abe.

The place looked only marginally better than it had when Abe and I toured it. The rubble was gone, but now two of the high windows in the back were broken, and the back door had been roughed up like someone had tried to break in but couldn’t.

As Abe and I inspected the damage, finding the bricks that had been tossed through the windows and the cut wires for the security system and the power, Fredi and David were having a furious discussion in whispers.