章 62: Where Is Ruby?

Ash woke up and discovered that Ruby hadn't come back from her errands yet but there was a human delivery truck waiting just outside the barrier. He sighed and shook his head indulgently. Of course she would do this.

He went outside and greeted the very confused deliverymen wearing a hoodie, sunglasses, and a face mask. "Hello, are you delivering this for Ruby Gardner?"

"…uh, yeah. Can you sign for her?"

Ash took the proffered electronic device that required his signature and signed it in ancient looping script. The delivery driver didn't even notice how odd that was in the face of dropping off a fridge and wood chipper in what seemed to be the middle of nowhere to a guy wearing such heavy clothes in the middle of summer.

"Thank you," he said perfunctorily. "I can take things from here."

The deliveryman was skeptical but let it go. "Sure…have a nice day."