WHEN LINDA FINALLY pulled away, Fritz had been gone for more than an hour. Jane and I sat down again. Each plate had uneaten pancakes and none of the second batch had been touched.
WHEN LINDA FINALLY“What makes you so sure he"ll come back?” Jane asked.
“I"m not. But Linda being here makes his transition back difficult. He"s just been rejected by Kate. I spent a few months with him. The portal has changed him. But now that he"s back in our time, our universe, and without a way to escape, we"re the only familiar faces he knows, the only fixed place he can latch onto. If he"s not back soon, I"ll go get him.”
“Do you know where he went?”
“Like you said, we"re connected. He"s walking, absorbing the Riverboro he may or may not remember.” I checked my watch. “Unless I"ve guessed wrong, he"ll
