Chapter 4I awoke in my bed. The room was hot, my face sticky with sweat. I had a feeling someone else was in the room with me, and so I popped open my eyes. Sure enough, Pearl and Zeb were off to one side, Betty and Stella to the other. I blinked, yawned, and shot them a crooked smile. “Man,” I said, “I had the strangest dream. And you were there, and you were there, and you were there, and you were there.” With each and you were there I pointed to the person I was referring to. “In fact, everyone was there, even Jeeves. Granny died and left him all her cars.” I smiled despite the bile pushing its way up from my gurgling belly.
Pearl reached down and stroked my hair. “Wasn’t no dream, sugar. Your granny died and left us all those things. Now you’re like that comic book character you used
