Chapter 18
By the time the crowd around the beer had lessened somewhat Gaby had returned, arms full of a puffy bag, which she placed by Nathan’s feet.
“Sweater for Luke,” she said, then, “Are you going to grab some samples? Bring me back some?”
“Sure,” said Dom, and Kiko followed him as he wound his way up to the Naughty or Nice table. Buddy was positioned at the Nice side, warmly greeting everyone, while Martha served samples of Naughty ElfPA with a smile.
“Did you figure out what the goose meant?” asked Buddy as he filled cups.
“Could we get one for my sister, too?” asked Kiko, and Buddy shoved a third cup at them. Kiko was uncomfortable with this; as much as the séance had been interesting, he didn’t really believe as Buddy did. But he could no more crush the brewmeister’s spirit t
