Chapter 77: Back with family.

As soon as they got downstairs, Rusty helped Cletus board up the window they broke. While they worked, Cletus asked Gareth every detail about what had happened. His uncle piled Gareth with question after question, and mostly Uncle Cletus grunted for a response.

As Gareth told the story, he now got a better look at where they had stayed last night. The main room of the hunting lodge was forest greens, tans, and decorations of trees and deer in the ...