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so far. They're both smart, though. So, you're right, this meeting has to happen eventually."
"Okay, you'll be there?"
Jack let out a sigh. Plans started floating through his mind.
"Yeah. I'm in West Virginia right now. I'll catch a short flight, and have Erica put Tiffany on a plane."
"Great. I'll see you tomorrow, then. And Jack…behave, okay?"
"Tiffany will be with me. I always behave around her."
"No, you don't."
Victoria hung up, and Jack let the phone hang at his side. Stan was almost an afterthought now, bleeding on the grass. Jack still had a job to finish. He hated leaving things undone.
"Okay, Captain," Jack said, hovering over him. "I've got some business I have to do, and then it's travel, travel, travel. I thought I had all day to have fun with you, but I've got less time than I thought. Funny, isn't it? A two-hundred-year-old guy that doesn't sleep, suddenly pressed for time. Anyway, I need to find Robbie, and I need to find him now. Tell me where he is, or I'll torture you. The things your father did to you? It'll look like recess."
"I'll…take you to him."
"Very smart choice."
CHAPTER 4
Kevin didn't know what the noise was that pulled him from his dream. Taylor Swift asking for a dance was interrupted by a screeching sound. He awoke in what felt like a sea of strangeness. Unfamiliar bed, rock-like pillow, confined room, completely dark. His thoughts finally cleared enough to remember he was in a hotel room.
The phone was ringing next to him.
"Hello?"
"Mr. Mishnar? Miss Victoria is on the phone for you."
"Uh, okay."
There was a brief pause before an unnaturally chipper voice greeted him.
"Kevin? Are you awake?"
"I am now. What time is it?"
"Six a.m."
He made an incomprehensible grumble and ran a hand through his hair. "Why couldn't I stay at your place again?"
"I told you. It's a surprise."
"Great. How are you even awake this early?"
"I've got some things with the reception I have to do. And, to be honest…I'm excited. It's a wedding, and I'm a woman."
Things happened so fast in packing and riding with Victoria to Baltimore. He'd been in town less than a day, and it dawned on him he really had no idea of what the plan was. It was a surprise Victoria even put him up in a hotel.
"Uh, so, you're coming to pick me up?"
"No. I'm so sorry, but I won't have time. A limo will come get you at ten."
"A limousine?"
"Yeah. You've ridden in one before, right? For Prom?"
"Nope."
"Oh, wow. It's gonna be new for you right off the bat. You don't have to worry about a thing. He'll take you right to the church, and you and I will drive together back to my house for the reception."
Kevin felt a lump in his throat. The gravity of what he agreed to landed right on his head. He'd have to dress in awkward, uncomfortable clothes, try to blend in with a crowd of people he didn't know. He only knew two people, Victoria and Alex, and he'd only met Alex one time. He'd have to try not to look like an out-of-place witch, something he'd been having trouble with lately.
He tried to think about something besides the wedding.
"This guy you want me to meet, he'll be there today?"
"We'll run into him sometime, yeah. I have to warn you about him. He's a little…off."
He laughed. "Aren't we all?"
"Him more than most. But don't worry, we'll have fun today."
"If you say so."
"Bring all your stuff to the limo. You won't be going back to the hotel tonight. And stop at the front desk on the way out. There's something there for you."
Kevin felt like he should be taking notes. "Holy crap. Is there anything else?"
"That will do it. I'll see you at the church."
They hung up. Kevin once again looked at the strange surroundings. He never traveled anywhere, never stayed at a hotel. His family never went on vacations growing up. After his adopted parents died in a plane crash it was all he and his sister could do just to get by. Traveling was out of the question.
So why was he in Baltimore, out of his
"Okay, you'll be there?"
Jack let out a sigh. Plans started floating through his mind.
"Yeah. I'm in West Virginia right now. I'll catch a short flight, and have Erica put Tiffany on a plane."
"Great. I'll see you tomorrow, then. And Jack…behave, okay?"
"Tiffany will be with me. I always behave around her."
"No, you don't."
Victoria hung up, and Jack let the phone hang at his side. Stan was almost an afterthought now, bleeding on the grass. Jack still had a job to finish. He hated leaving things undone.
"Okay, Captain," Jack said, hovering over him. "I've got some business I have to do, and then it's travel, travel, travel. I thought I had all day to have fun with you, but I've got less time than I thought. Funny, isn't it? A two-hundred-year-old guy that doesn't sleep, suddenly pressed for time. Anyway, I need to find Robbie, and I need to find him now. Tell me where he is, or I'll torture you. The things your father did to you? It'll look like recess."
"I'll…take you to him."
"Very smart choice."
CHAPTER 4
Kevin didn't know what the noise was that pulled him from his dream. Taylor Swift asking for a dance was interrupted by a screeching sound. He awoke in what felt like a sea of strangeness. Unfamiliar bed, rock-like pillow, confined room, completely dark. His thoughts finally cleared enough to remember he was in a hotel room.
The phone was ringing next to him.
"Hello?"
"Mr. Mishnar? Miss Victoria is on the phone for you."
"Uh, okay."
There was a brief pause before an unnaturally chipper voice greeted him.
"Kevin? Are you awake?"
"I am now. What time is it?"
"Six a.m."
He made an incomprehensible grumble and ran a hand through his hair. "Why couldn't I stay at your place again?"
"I told you. It's a surprise."
"Great. How are you even awake this early?"
"I've got some things with the reception I have to do. And, to be honest…I'm excited. It's a wedding, and I'm a woman."
Things happened so fast in packing and riding with Victoria to Baltimore. He'd been in town less than a day, and it dawned on him he really had no idea of what the plan was. It was a surprise Victoria even put him up in a hotel.
"Uh, so, you're coming to pick me up?"
"No. I'm so sorry, but I won't have time. A limo will come get you at ten."
"A limousine?"
"Yeah. You've ridden in one before, right? For Prom?"
"Nope."
"Oh, wow. It's gonna be new for you right off the bat. You don't have to worry about a thing. He'll take you right to the church, and you and I will drive together back to my house for the reception."
Kevin felt a lump in his throat. The gravity of what he agreed to landed right on his head. He'd have to dress in awkward, uncomfortable clothes, try to blend in with a crowd of people he didn't know. He only knew two people, Victoria and Alex, and he'd only met Alex one time. He'd have to try not to look like an out-of-place witch, something he'd been having trouble with lately.
He tried to think about something besides the wedding.
"This guy you want me to meet, he'll be there today?"
"We'll run into him sometime, yeah. I have to warn you about him. He's a little…off."
He laughed. "Aren't we all?"
"Him more than most. But don't worry, we'll have fun today."
"If you say so."
"Bring all your stuff to the limo. You won't be going back to the hotel tonight. And stop at the front desk on the way out. There's something there for you."
Kevin felt like he should be taking notes. "Holy crap. Is there anything else?"
"That will do it. I'll see you at the church."
They hung up. Kevin once again looked at the strange surroundings. He never traveled anywhere, never stayed at a hotel. His family never went on vacations growing up. After his adopted parents died in a plane crash it was all he and his sister could do just to get by. Traveling was out of the question.
So why was he in Baltimore, out of his
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