“Maybe we could handle it all online. Pictures and video calls,” Ed suggested, inwardly wincing. He knew Kairo had a strained relationship with his mother, but this poor guy needed help. They couldn’t just walk away from this.
“You’re not going to let me just pop that into a box full of packing peanuts and ship it off to her, are you?” Kairo grumbled.
“Of course not!” Isidore snapped before Ed could even reply. He slowed to a stop at a red light and glared at his boyfriend. “That is a priceless object. If anything, it needs to be hand delivered to her to make sure it’s safe at all times. It also needs a security team.” Isidore shook his head and clicked his tongue. “Looks to me like someone tried to hire your team. Are you really going to turn down someone in need like that?”
Ed pressed his lips together into a tight line to keep from bursting out with laughter. He hadn’t thought it possible, but Isidore was expertly handling his boyfriend and it was a beautiful sight to behold. And again, Ed was incredibly grateful that he wasn’t dating Isidore.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, Isidore went in for the kill.
“Besides, this would give you a chance to introduce me to your mom. Unless…you don’t want me to meet your mom.”
Ed sat back in his seat, grinning to himself as he only half listened to Kairo scrambling to explain that he loved Isidore completely, was insanely proud of him, and had no trouble with him meeting his mother. It was his mother that was the nightmare.
Staring at the little black bag in his hand, Ed thought of Green Eyes and the fear that gripped him. They would take the note and scarab to Dr. Janet Jones, get some answers, and then they would find Green Eyes.
How hard could it be?
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Don’t worry!The adventure continues withEdison’s Professor, as the guys head off to adventures in Egypt to locate a missing professor.