Chapter 31

“Hope the roads don’t get bad.” Manny kicked at some dirt, barely dusted in white.

“I don’t think it’s going to amount to much, Manuel.” Murphy was back to being positive. “Enough to be Christmassy, but not enough to cause trouble.”

Rohan was quiet. Emery’s allergies seemed to have calmed some, and Yoshi and Carlton looked super cute in their winter hats. Terrel did own a warm coat, burgundy faux fur that went down to his ankles. He was stunning.

Stone snapped pictures of the inn. Hewlett kept trying to get Ixaax to catch snowflakes on his tongue, and Rob was looking at the decorations, counting on his fingers. AC was certain he was noting the pattern of the bulbs, red, green, orange, blue, pink, yellow. Red, green, orange, blue, pink, yellow. AC was definitely drawn to a particular drummer, as he looked from one to another, trying to spot one looking back at him. Whether or not he was worthy of any of them, that was still in question.