Chương 19: Virginia is too much.

If that bridge was short, nobody commented on it. For me it took forever. It was a relief when we got home.

Styles, Kevin and Lydia's family saw us off at the airport. Brian didn't show up and wasn't going to. An assignment had come up at the last minute. *That's what you wrote me. Yes, an assignment. You were smart not to put down what you were actually going to do, Mr B. Okay, I'll stop now.*

On the one hand, I was fine with it. I didn't feel like seeing him at all or saying goodbye to him because I was afraid it would happen like last time. All over again.

We took the first flight in the morning and they slept all the way to Texas. I tried, I really did. And I could see Hypatia open her eye every now and then to see that her carry-on bag was still in the same place. She would open her eye every time a flight attendant passed her or anyone else. He had a sixth sense for it. Or he didn't want anyone near *the Big Book of Secrets*.