Chapter 24Linda
I'D BEEN ENJOYING watching the snow falling through the family room window when a car door closed. A young man headed up our walkway. Not recognizing either the car or the young man, I opened the door as he took the four steps two at a time. I hadn't had a visitor in a while, and certainly not someone I didn't know. I opened the storm door and asked him what he wanted.
“Ms. Russell, I'm Eric Silver. Mr. R was my history teacher. I'm home on break and I want to talk with him about a project I'm working on.”
I told him that my husband wasn't at home.
“Will he be home soon? I can come back later. It's about time travel, Ms. Russell. I've found a way to create a new portal.”
I remember those words clearly because my knees buckled and I grabbed the door frame to keep from f
