(Amelia)
The next park visit came four days later. Ethan had asked about it every morning since meeting Vivian, and by Thursday he was waiting by the door before I had even found my bag. Nathaniel was already at the park when we arrived. He had a paper bag in one hand and a dinosaur book under his arm.
Ethan saw the book before he saw anything else. "Is that for me?"
Nathaniel handed it to him. "I needed help choosing one, so I asked the woman at the bookstore which one a dinosaur expert would approve of."
Ethan opened it at once and started checking the pages. He took his job seriously enough that Nathaniel waited for his answer without trying to rush him. I stood a few feet away and watched the two of them. Nathaniel had learned very quickly that the easiest way into Ethan's world wa
