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Chapter 27: Elodie

I collapsed onto the top of one of the picnic tables across from the research station, my feet perched on the seat. "I'll move again sometime next year," I promised as Sawyer collapsed beside me.

"I think Patrick secretly found a way to bottle a little kid's energy and he mainlined it," observed Sawyer, watching the man in question drive away. David and Abby drove out after him. Dr. McGrath was up in Knoxville for the day, doing something with a colleague at UT, so we were, at last, alone.

Carefully, because my back was aching again, I eased back on the tabletop.

"Good idea," said Sawyer.