Chapter 33

• Penny agreed excitedly, and we spent a few hours perusing the local used shop. There were no big-box bookstores in town, but the secondhand store would often order new releases for display. At times, they had even purchased bookswith specific customers in mind, knowing that they were almost one hundred percent sure of the sale.
• Such was the case today. The bookstore owner, Cassidy, greeted me immediately when we entered the store.
• “Nile! We were hoping you’d stop in soon,” she said.