Roz and Konrad stared at each other as if communicating telepathically. Oh yeah, they probably were.
“Why don’t we all go see Morgaine? You two can tell us about your plans.”
Sly led the way to the elevator. “There’s not much to tell. I just asked her. Merry and Jason offered their penthouse for the hand-fasting ceremony, and we agreed to take them up on that.”
As they rode the elevator to the third floor, he asked, “So how about you two? Made any plans yet?”
“Not yet,” Roz said. “We’re still settling into the routine of private school life. All we’ve figured out so far is we’ll have our ceremony next summer.”
Konrad squeezed her. “But now that we have a two-week break, there’s plenty of time to make reservations and stuff. I guess we’ll have to plan on an evening so you can attend, but we’ll be careful to avoid the full moon of course. That could be awkward for my pack and Roz’s relatives.”
Roz raised her eyebrows. “To put it way mildly.”
The old friends chuckled.
The elevator came to a stop, and they proceeded to Morgaine’s door. Sly knocked. No footsteps sounded on the other side.Could she be out and about? Nah.He knocked again. When there was still no answer, he said, “She must be over at Gwyneth’s.”
They traipsed across the hall and knocked on the opposite door. Again, no footsteps. Another knock. No answer.
“That’s strange. They must have gone out together.”
Suddenly, the decorated broom hanging on Gwyneth’s door jumped.
Konrad chuckled. “It looks like Chad’s home.”
Sly had never needed to communicate with Chad when Morgaine wasn’t around, but it might be nice to try. “Hey Chad, can you make the broom move up and down for yes and side to side for no?”
The broom lifted a couple of inches and fell back in place. “Okay, that looks like a yes. Are Morgaine and Gwyneth in the building somewhere?”
The broom swept the door back and forth until Sly interpreted out loud, “No.” He turned to his friends. “Hmmm…That’s unusual.”
Roz shrugged. “Maybe they went shopping. Morgaine and I went a few months ago. She had all kinds of fun trying on new clothes.”
Sly nodded. “She told me about your makeover. She really did have fun. That’s probably where they went then.”
He turned to leave but before he got far, he felt something soft whap him on the back of the head. Spinning back to face Gwyneth’s door, he noticed the broom wagging back and forth.
“Do you have something to say to me, Chad?”
The broom lifted and fell. That meant yes.
Sly looked at Roz and Konrad. “Can either of you hear him?”
“No,” they both answered.
Now what?
At that moment a door downstairs opened.
“Nathan?” Sly leaned over the railing and called down.
He couldn’t see him, but it was Nathan’s voice that answered, “Yeah, buddy?”
“Can you communicate with Chad?”
“Not unless he points to something, and I happen to guess what he wants. Usually, he just points to the TV and if I don’t turn it on, he points with his middle finger.”
Roz and Konrad chuckled.
