6:29

Edward glanced up at the faded old promotional clock on the sign above the door of the corner store. It was too late to start anything today. And worse, it was the Friday of a long weekend and it was highly unlikely that he’d get through half of what he needed to do with everyone out traipsing around the woods like a herd of drunken elk.

No, it would better to hunker down and wait; take the weekend off, so to speak, and start fresh after the kerfuffle was done. But that didn’t mean he would be wasting time.

Edward had a plan.