"Claire and Inspector Hunt are back where they belong," Chloe said, "and Faith and I, and George and Jack. That's all so far. We just tried this--we weren't sure it would work, but it does."

George, meanwhile, dragged two chairs away from a table and placed them side by side. "So--who wants to go first?"

"While George takes care of you all, I'm going to go round up everyone else so we can get things sorted out," Chloe added.