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"In Manhattan?" he asked, raising an eyebrow

"There are gardens Co, and there are rooftop and container gardens She could teach theet the boss to invite her out for dinner"

"Bite your tongue!" I snapped, getting queasy at the idea ofcozy They already seemed to like each other more than was comfortable for me

"They don’t have to date They could just spend ti did happen and she decided to stay permanently? Even if she "

"Okay, then, garden club it is We’ll do an Internet search and ask around the office tomorrow"

I couldn’t help but smile at the idea that he wanted alone ti e reached Union Square and left the train My grin faded when he whispered, "Don’t turn around, but try to look around casually the first chance you get"

I gulped "Youourselves? Does he have sonition?"

"I don’t know It’s hard to tell if you’re being followed in a place this crowded, but I have a funny feeling"

He led us on a more roundabout than usual route out of the station The area around the park was still pretty croith co the subway station, and we stuck to the busier Park Avenue to head uptown instead of cutting over to Irving Place, like we usually did Eventually, though, to get to Owen’s hohborhood’s quiet side streets, where there wasn’t a lot of traffic--vehicular or otherwise It was the kind of neighborhood where I didn’t ht When I saw in the rearviewmen had followed us, I realized that today was apparently different

They looked like gangsters That is, they looked like gangsters in a high-school production of West Side Story They didn’t hs that you almost never saw in the vicinity of Grae to bend forward and snap ly as I walked down the sidewalk Then we passed another car’s lint of uys were ar to liraphy

"Do you remember that shield spell you learned today?" Ohispered