The night before my flight back home, Emily threw a little going-away party at her home with my family attending, minus Garret, who had wisely opted out. Theo had come too, though late because he’d had some police business to handle.
The overall atmosphere had been one of forced cheerfulness. Funny; I had been there for a month, yet no one seemed happy to see me leave. Even me. Logically I needed to get home and handle everything, so logic won out. It didn’t make anyone happy.
Em was a good sport and let Theo take me to his house after for our last night together. My flight was in the morning, so Theo would take me to the airport.
Theo was on the phone in his spare room talking with his partner from the Montpelier police force, so I took the opportunity to call Marty, who would pick me
