15 Evan sat out on the patio at the CopperWynd resort, nursing a Kilt Lifter ale. Since he figured he didn’t have anywhere to be right then, a beer sounded like a damn good idea. And it did help to sit here in the shade of the covered patio, to watch the kids splashing in the pool and basically try to disengage his brain for a little while. He still couldn’t believe that only a few hours earlier, he and Zoe had faced off against the monster once again, but the memories were sharp enough. That confrontation did seem like something that had happened in another world from where he was now, though. Who knew how much fallout there would be from that particular incident. It did seem as if Luz Trujillo and Jack Sandoval were doing their best to cover up what they could, that they’d do everythin

