"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