Chapter 21Everything was different after that. Aspen and I found a place where we could stay together for a while until I could make arrangements for a new live in nurse. She didn’t want anyone just yet. She’d been close to Zelda, and her death had been painful.
She got nightmares for a long time. She’d seen Zelda get killed and we never found Claude. After a year the police suggested we expect the worst. It didn’t go down well.
Joel recovered and he went back to working for a company that did their job during daylight hours. He had some pirating business on the side for a thrill, but I had the idea he was done with the night world for a while. He was sweet on my sister, and the way she lit up for him was enough for me not to take his head off for dating her. She deserved a guy, and if
