Chapter 18

The community theater renovation was moving quickly. Three days after I met Milo, demolition began inside the theater. Workers pulled down old drywall while I inspected the ceiling framing. I was standing on the fourth step of a tall metal ladder. I was inspecting a damaged ceiling beam. "The wood is completely rotted up here," I called down. Milo was standing at the bottom of the ladder. He had his hands firmly gripped on the metal rails to keep it steady. "I will add it to the structural...