80Tek nearly jumped out of bed. He could not remember the last time he felt this positive. He wanted to get to work, wanted to tell Amy and his mother and Max Crane what he was planning to do. More than anything, he wanted the calendar to flip ahead like the years on the time machine in the Rod Taylor version of the movie. He was going to bring Jake home.
Tek sang in the shower, a repertoire he had not vocalized in years: You Are the Sunshine of My Life, I Can’t Help Myself and Hey Jude as his finale. He chose a necktie with a pattern of witches and ghosts he bought while pumpkin picking with Jake. After feeding Bull and taking her for a walk, Tek grabbed two devil’s food snacks and his valise before heading to work. He dug through the side console of his car until he found his Mountain C
