Chapter 7FRITZ ANTICIPATED an early visit from Ashley on Saturday. Sure enough, he showed up before nine o'clock with a bundle of groceries. He said he'd forgotten to eat dinner, so he went shopping. Linda was still upstairs, in no hurry to start the day.
“Want to help me put the nursery together?” Fritz asked.
“Sure. But I also want to talk with you about the portal. What you said, about it changing me, well, I spent most of the night considering what's happened. I think you're right. But how?”
“That's the question I've been asking since we figured out how it works.”
Linda walked into the kitchen. “How what works? Hi, Ash.” She eyed the bag and asked, “What's for breakfast?”
“Hi, Linda. I brought eggs, bacon, cook-'n'-serve sausages, melon, bread, and coffee cake.”
“So why don't I s
