Chapter 22The next morning, Jeffery flew Wesley, Edith, Henry, and me up to the ranch. “I’ll bring Lillian up Friday afternoon. Don’t worry about her,” he assured me. Lillian had returned to her office to prepare last minute assignments and get the projects her students had finished so she could grade them. I’d be alone for the next two days. “Thanks, Jeff,” I said as I hugged him. “You can bring the family up for the weekend, if you want,” Edith offered. “I don’t want us to be in the way.” “You’re never in the way,” Henry said to him, with the first smile I’d seen from him in the past week. “If you want, we can go hunting. Your son needs to learn about hunting. He may be too young for a rifle, but he can learn to track.” “Thanks, Henry. That’s something to think about.” “Fly safely

