Wesley turned her down.

“I need to go visit Chief Balthasar this afternoon. How about this? I’ll drop you off at the mall.”

Garnet Lowered her head in frustration and murmured, “Wesley, it’s the

New Year. Honestly! Is work all you can think about? You haven’t been back for two years. And I don’t know when I’ll be free next time. It might take another two years for a chance like this. Maybe longer. So stay. Just for today. Please?”

This time, Wesley wasn’t slow. He vaguely realized that Garnet had feelings for him. He shook his head vigorously and said, “Before you leave for work, I’ll see you off.”

I

Garnet was really disappointed.

Wesley went to deal with his

him a few hours to get everything squared away.

so he opened the WeChat app to send her a message. Funny-it showed a five-minute video chat in his chat log from earlier this

going on? What was I

left my phone in the living room. I wasn’t around to

answered it? Mom? Dad? No, they were

Niles. He was at a friend’s

Angela’s Library

Grandpa, Garnet and me.

It had

call Blair. But before he

“Hi Grandpa, what’s up?”

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