The Paladin Prophecy

#14: ASK ALL QUESTIONS IN THE ORDER OF THEIR IMPORTANCE.

“Are you all right?” he asked.

“Yes, I’m fine. I’m just so excited,” she said, jangling the bracelets on her wrist. “The principal called when I got to work, and put Dr. Robbins on the line. I called Dad as soon as we hung up. He’s ditching the rest of the conference and coming home tonight. He sounded pretty jazzed.”

Dad would have a lot of reactions to this, but “jazzed” wouldn’t be one of them, Will thought.

Will worked to keep his breathing under control, the way his dad had taught him. It got harder to stay calm when they passed a black sedan parked on a side street a block from their house. It looked like the same car from this morning.

“I guess we have a whole lot to talk about,” he said, trying to sound calm.

“Indeed. But I have to say, Will-bear, you don’t sound all that excited.”

“I want to look over what’s in here,” said Will, gripping Robbins’s packet in his hands. “One step at a time.”

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