Chapter 85: Chapter 85: Time to Come Home, Part 3

Elgin National

Cyrus and April arrived at National at 8:45 pm after a quick bite at El Faro's Mexican Restaurant. As they walked past the Raymond Room, they saw Professor Phelps sitting in the dark with only the emergency lighting for illumination.

"Hi, Professor," greeted Cyrus. "Why are you here so late on a Friday?"

"Hi Cyrus, I'm actually here from next Monday. I'm training the new guy, Stan. He did great, and I was just gathering my thoughts before going back to my preset time. Hey, I heard about your sister. I can only imagine how hard that must be on your family."

"Wow, news travels fast," he answered.

"This must be April," continued Mrs. Phelps. "Nice job with the newspaper posts."

"Pardon?" April asked.

"Oh, sorry, you haven't done that yet." At that, the Professor vanished back to next Monday.

"You know, that's a good idea," said Cyrus. "How would you like to go through newspaper classified ads to look for posts from Cathy?"

"Sure, apparently, I have luck with it."