I turned to tell Torin I would need to go to the — but his head was back on the couch, his eyes closed.
I whispered, “Torin?”
One eye opened, he muttered, “Aye, Mistress Lexi?”
“There’s no food, really, but water, do you need anything?”
“Nae, Mistress Lexi, I will just sleep.”
“Okay, come knock on the door if you need anything, I guess.”
“I winna bother ye, I will leave in the morn.”
I nodded and left the back-shack.
I was strollingup to the house, until I remembered the sword fight, and that scary man who had wanted to kill me, just an hour ago, and I got a prickly feeling on the back of my neck.Was I alone?
I ran to the porch, crossed it fast, slammed the screen door closed, and latched it. Then I closed the door and locked it.
I rushed to the window and looked out. Torin was on the stoop of the back-shack, watching that I made it home safely. He went back inside.
I assumed the lights would turn off, but everything stayed on.
He didn’t know how to turn off the lights.
I hada time traveler in my yard.
He claimedhe was from the sixteenth century. He seemed like he was from a long time ago. It seemed true.
This was the most bizarre night of my life.
In all that time I had left my phone on the counter and now that I looked I had missed three calls from Cooper.
My answering machine was blinking.
I listened to the message:
Hey Lexi, tried to call, did you forget your phone again? My meetings went great today. I think they liked the powerpoint.So hey, call me when you get this, but also headed to bed soon, so not too late.
I checked my watch.It wasn’t too late. I called, wondering if this guy in my backyard was something I ought to tell him.
“Hey Lexi. Did you forget your phone again?”
“Yep, how did you guess?”
“Because you hate it, you never carry it.”
“So your meetings went well”
“I think so, they seemed to like the presentation. I’ve got another meeting in the morning with the full team of investors.”
“I’m so glad. When will you know for sure?”
“I’m hoping they’ll tell me tomorrow. I thought maybe they would have told me earlier today, but realistically they’ll need to meet to discuss. They might let me know later in the week by phone, but I doubt they need to wait.”
“It’s fine, I’m sure they loved your presentation.”
“Yeah, but it’s a lot of money, they gotta cross the Ts and dot the Is.”
