16: Opening Day 3

Upon their return to the Administration building to retrieve their jackets, they were fortunate enough to discover Evelyn had also left an umbrella too, though shortly after Einstein’s speech, the sky had cleared in time for a brief, cool transition from dwindling sunset to twilight.

Andrew had kept a watchful eye on Officer Aldrich during the remainder of the ceremony and while the man had been entirely inappropriate with Evelyn and she continued to attract his attention, he was relieved to see the unwelcome fascination apparently stopped with her. Of course, that was by no means assured.

Yet.

“Miss Moore, if you would be so kind as to wait in my office. I’ll need to take care of former Officer Aldrich.”

“Yes sir.”

With so many VIPs on the premises, it took a half hour or so for the Chief of the Fair Security to arrive at the Administra