Chapter 5NOT AT ALL happy to hear their report, Linda's annoyance increased when Ashley told her how much he enjoyed meeting Robert E. Lee. “I shook his hand, Lin. You should come.” Fritz tried to explain the importance of discovering as much as he could, but even with his best, most logical argument, he accepted that she wouldn't change her mind. He also wondered if Ashley was as serious about not using the portal as he had said.
“You smell funny, like smoke. So where else did you go?” she asked.
Ash said, “We walked through a fire to reach the store.”
“Well, that's not true. Ashley, I read you like a book.” She focused on Fritz. “So?”
Fritz evaded an answer. He hated lying to Linda, but her feelings about using the portal lingered never far from the surface, and he didn't want to fig
