Chapter 13Jesse and Emma lingered over their coffee for over an hour, and Jesse hoped that at least some of her fears were assuaged before they returned to the house. He supposed the only way to truly make her feel better was to solve the problem immediately, with as little pain and inconvenience as possible. Except, things never seemed to work out that way. Jesse had no doubt that he and Michelle would be able to pinpoint the problem and solve it, but he didn’t think it would be without its difficulties.
When they finally returned, Michelle bullied him into the library and ranted for over fifteen minutes about how stubborn and belligerent Gideon was, how he wasn’t going to be happy until he ruined everything, and how he had zero imagination and even less sense. Jesse let her rant. Not be
