Chapter 2Just before ten, Owen picked up the intercom and started the process of closing announcements and the exodus began. The departing crowd showed promise for the holiday season. The first few weeks after summer break had been slow. The university students, busy with their studies all week, preferring to kick off their weekend in a bar or a club. Owen couldn’t really blame them. But October seemed to be bringing the crowds back.
Maybe this was the way it always was. He made a mental note to ask the others.
It was later than normal when Kayla locked the door behind the last customer and everyone was able to relax.
Like every night after closing, the music over the speaker system went from classical and natural sounds—depending on the room—to the music loaded on the phone of which of
