Chapter Eighteen
Kara
It was well past two by the time I pulled into the parking lot of the UFO Depot. I saw the store’s UFO Night Tours van parked there, but not Jeff’s equally shabby Ram van, which meant he must have gotten bored with hanging around the shop and taken off for greener pastures, whatever those might be. Thank God. I felt a little bit better after spending more than an hour with Persephone, getting reassurances from my friend that everyone would stick with me no matter what happened, but still, the knowledge of what I carried within me seemed to weigh down every footstep. Better to not have to deal with Jeff Makowski on top of all that as well.
I was a little worried that Kiki might be irritated by how long I’d been away, but she looked remarkably cheerful as I entered t
