He's gone," Sara said. "I can feel it. This time for good."

Natalie hugged her, and she started to sob. Then Harry shattered the silence with a pained yell, hurling his thermos into the woods. With tears in his eyes, he said, "I want a drink."

I hugged him fiercely. "It'll have to be one of my special chais, Harry. Have I made you a dirty one yet?"

"I want mine filthy," he said. We trudged back to the museum together, and toasted Coby with dirty vanilla chai lattes.

Autore: Lee Nichols