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Chapter 34

           Theskydidlooklikeaceiling.Liketheceilingofamassiveroom."Maybesomething’sbroken.Imean,maybeit’llbeback."

           ChuckfinallyquitgawkingandmadeeyecontactwithThomas."Broken?What’sthatsupposedtomean?"

           BeforeThomascouldanswer,thefaintmemoryoflastnight,beforehefellasleep,cametohim,Teresa’swordsinsidehismind.She’dsaid,IjusttriggeredtheEnding.Itcouldn’tbeacoincidence,couldit?Asourrotcreptintohisbelly.Whatevertheexplanation,whateverthathadbeeninthesky,therealsunornot,itwasgone.Andthatcouldn’tbeagoodthing.

           "Thomas?"Chuckasked,lightlytappinghimontheupperarm.

           "Yeah?"Thomas’smindfelthazy.

           "What’dyoumeanbybroken?"Chuckrepeated.

           Thomasfeltlikeheneededtimetothinkaboutitall."Oh.Idon’tknow.Mustbethingsaboutthisplaceweobviouslydon’tunderstand.Butyoucan’tjustmakethesundisappearfromspace.Plus,there’sstillenoughlighttoseeby,asfaintasitis.Where’sthatcomingfrom?"

           Chuck’seyeswidened,asifthedarkest,deepestsecretoftheuniversehadjustbeenrevealedtohim."Yeah,whereisitcomingfrom?What’sgoingon,Thomas?"

           Thomasreachedoutandsqueezedtheyoungerboy’sshoulder.Hefeltawkward."Noclue,Chuck.Notaclue.ButI’msureNewtandAlby’llfigurethingsout."

           "Thomas!"Minhowasrunninguptothem."QuityourleisuretimewithChuckyhereandlet’sgetgoing.We’realreadylate."

           Thomaswasstunned.

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