Chapter 12
The sun was just setting as I went into the backyard. The wind was finally starting to die down, but the deep cold was getting ever deeper. And the brownness of so many dormant plants waiting to be blanketed in snow was just as depressing as ever.
Then I stepped across the bridge and found myself surrounded with dazzling snow. The sun was just as low in the sky, but the icy crystals were amplifying it all around me.
I didn't bother going into the house; I had nothing to learn there this time. Instead, I went out on Summit Avenue and walked a block over to Maiden Lane where Edward had his little garret over one of the garages. I'd never been inside, only about halfway up the steps, but I remembered which one it was along the row of similar garages.
I carefully picked my way u
