That was…too weird. Taylor dropped from the treehouse and quietly moved around the house towards the garage. He knew he was taking a chance at being seen and caught, but he was ready to face that obstacle if it came to that. The worst that would happen was that he would be sent back to his mother and David and, frankly, finding out exactly what Garrett was up to concerned him more right now. It wasn’t so much that Nanna had clearly opened the trapdoor from the outside—did Garrett create some sort of outside latch that Taylor didn’t notice? Why hadn’t he mentioned that? But that wasn’t even Taylor’s problem, the reason he was so vexed. His problem was that Garrett had practically leapt into the way in his effort to hide what was happening from Taylor. Why is he hiding it from me? A