Brady took Michael back the way he had come to a narrow staircase. Before they started down the stairs, however, Brady stopped and appeared to listen at the stairs. Naturally, Michael listened, too, but besides the murmurs of people on the floor, or perhaps downstairs—he really couldn`t tell—he wasn`t certain what the boy was listening for.
Then Brady turned to him and said in a near whisper, “Okay, so… we aren’t actually supposed to go visit Uncle Charles right now, so the folks downstairs might try to stop us if you tell them that’s where we’re headed. So, I’m just going to tell them that we’re going to the greenhouse out back instead. I have a shift tending the plants there so it’s normal for me to visit and you’re a Science teacher—"
“How would they know that I’m a Science teache
