The next day was the premiere of the clown movie, Deadly Drollery. Emily got an unexpected call from Byron at 11 pm. He sounded highly excited, but he aske how she was doing first.

“I passed my learners’ test,” she said, “Now we can go riding together!”

“That’s awesome!”

“So, how was the film?” Emily asked.

“This movie is a masterpiece,” he said. “I just got back from the viewing, and everyone was crazy about it. I ...