Chapter 40Cresson, Pennsylvania, 1958"Cut it out!" Those were E.Q.'s first words as his eyes fluttered open.
And fluttered shut again. And back open when his father, Max, kept shaking his shoulder.
"Wakey wakey," said Max. "Up and at 'em, tiger."
Irritated, E.Q. brushed aside Max's hand and sat up straight on the back seat of the Chevy. Through the windows of the car, he saw stars winking in the night sky above the Magic Castle.
At which point, he had the same reaction he always had when he woke up in the Magic Castle's parking lot: a feeling of overwhelming disappointment.
I hate this.
"Chop chop," said Max, clapping his hands. "Time for your shift."
E.Q. slid over the seat and got out of the car. Once he was standing in the gravel lot, he rubbed his eyes and yawned.
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