Chapter 29: Not NormalThe next day I returned some calls and checked emails that included gracious thanks from the librarians and attendees. Luke and I had lunch in the store.
“Anything else you might have forgotten?” he asked over half a giant sub he’d brought. “A wedding for a hundred tomorrow night?”
We scanned the calendar.
“Nothing until Halloween,” I said, handing him an envelope of cash for the stuff he’d bought for Joel’s event. “Maybe some pumpkin carving with the kids, some field trips…Nothing you need worry about.”
“Good. You know I hate being social,” he said, then ripped into his half of sandwich. He gestured at my uneaten half. “Turkey, extra mayo.” He wiped his chin on his sleeve.
I couldn’t eat. “So, what’s up with Tikoi and Lyons?”
“Pains in the ass,” he said, then t
