"Okay," I sigh. It'd be better if he'd tell her now, 'cause she oughta know! But I guess he's gotta tell Management too, and they'd be even madder'n Syl if he didn't tell them.

Well, maybe. It's hard to say.

But I believe him when he says it, and when he says that he's glad I'm okay, too. "Thanks. I - I'm real glad you're back." It's so strange lookin' at him, 'cause it don't look like him, but I know it is him. So I go over and hug him, real hard, 'cause that's what I'd do if it was Tez.