But the way I figured it, there really wasn’t much choice. Tanda couldn’t hop us back to any dimension she knew of. It was just too far, and we didn’t dare just risk hopping dimensions trying to get close enough. We would end up lost, or more likely dead from something like those snakes or creepy identical-people on that street.
We needed Glenda. And besides, I wanted her along. It would be fun getting to know her.
“So now there’s four of us,” I said, smiling across the table at Glenda and ignoring the scowls coming from my mentor.
“Great,” Glenda said. “You won’t regret it.”
I doubted I would either.
“We split the treasure four ways,” Aahz said, making the deal clear.
“After the Shifter’s part is taken out,” I reminded him.
“Yeah, after the Shifter’s twenty-five percent.”
He almost spat the last few words of the sentence as he glared at Tanda.
“There’ll still be more than enough for everyone,” Glenda said as she offered everyone some fresh bread. “If we can get to the golden cow and make it ours.”
I took a large piece and them some of the wonderful apple jelly she had on the table. After one bite I knew that fresh bread and jelly was the best-tasting thing I remembered having in a long, long time. It more than melted in my mouth as it turned my taste-buds into a wonderful world of flavors. Man, if Glenda could make all the food she cooked do that, I was never leaving her side.
After we were all eating-and I noticed that even Tanda and Aahz enjoyed the bread-Glenda looked at me. “Dig out the map and let’s figure out where we’re headed next.”