Chapter 26: What Toby Watches
July 3, 20—
Bretton Way
12:00 P.M.
Toby passes on lunch because he gets up too late and it still feels like breakfast. Instead, he takes a run around Denver’s neighborhood in a pair of shorts, bootie socks, and Nike shoes. Sweat glistens on his bare chest and thighs, and he’s soaked with the stuff after his two-mile run. Once returning to Denver’s residence, he decides to jump in the pool, does a few laps, and retires in the shade, next to the pool, creating a new Bear Blog.
The bear blog happens to be about how bears live in the city compared to those who live in the country. Two hundred words spill out of his fingertips and decorate his laptop’s screen. And just as he begins to craft the next one hundred words, King and his date, the nicely built and be
