Girl in the Shadows (Shadows 2)

"I'm not so sure. You can give me the details

later." he said. He jerked his shoulder toward Tyler. "I

thought he was gone from the scene."

"He's sorry he left us," I said. "He's taking a job

at the school Echo will attend. too. It'll make it easier

for her."

"That so? What's his mama got to say about

that?"

"Not much it seems," I said. smiling.

"Looks like a lot more than I knew went on

right before my eyes," he said, smiling.

"Mrs. Westington's going to be even happier

when she sees you and knows you're back," I said to

change the subject.

"Oh, she'll find something to blame me for.

Don't you worry about that," he said. and I laughed. Tyler brought him his coffee. "Sorry to hear

about your mother. Trevor," he told him.

Trevor looked up at him. "Thank you. April

here told me about your new career plans."

"Yes," he said.

"Sounds good," Trevor said.

Tyler nodded. "Maybe the jury's finally in on

me." he told me, and we both laughed. Even Trevor

thought that was funny and Echo laughed because she

was wrapped in our good feelings.

When sufficient time had gone by, we went to

see Mrs. Westington. Normally, the ICU nurses wouldn't have let us all in at once. but I think they were just as afraid of hearing Mrs. Westington complain as they were of hearing their superiors complain. We gathered around her bed. She looked at

our faces and nodded. Then she turned to Trevor. "How did you get back here so fast?" "Put my whole mind to it," he replied, and she

smiled.

"Don't you all stand there looking down at me