He went back out through the door and Glenda turned to face me.
“Well, handsome, my father was right. You are special.” I could feel myself blushing. “Thanks.”
“No, thank you,” she said, “for everything. In all the years of trying to find the silly treasure on that map, I never thought I’d know exactly where it was at.”
“Well, now we do, and we can get there pretty soon,” I said. “Jump us back to Vortex #6.”
She smiled and shook her head.
“Sorry, my prince in a white hat. Maybe next time.”
With a slight wave and a kiss motion, she vanished in a slight POOF!
“That’s not funny,” I shouted, staring at where she had been.
The guy came in, looking puzzled.
“What’s not funny? And where is your beautiful friend?”
I glanced around, then pointed at the back door.
“I told her I’d get started on the dishes. She’ll be right back, I’m sure.”
“Good,” he said. “Let me know when she returns. She said she had a surprise for me.”
He headed back out into the main room, leaving me standing there alone in a strange kitchen.
In a strange dimension.
It seemed he wasn’t the only one Glenda had planned a surprise for.
Chapter Six
“Alone again…naturally.”
R. CRUSOE
Now I have to admit that my first reaction after Glenda left me standing there in that restaurant kitchen was to scream and shout and call out her name, along with Aahz and Tanda’s names.
Screaming would have covered up the panic I felt, but I knew for a fact that screaming would have done no good. But I still wanted to, more than anything.
I didn’t.
My second reaction was to run like crazy out the back door, but then I would be a wanted man for skipping out on the lunch bill, and considering I might be stuck here for some time, I managed to not run either.