“Maybe twenty minutes?” Barry said with a small shrug. “If that. There were a couple of experiments that were still running back at my lab. And then I had to fix Jeremy’s controller and upgrade his system so it could work with the new Xbox and Play Station. And there were gifts to wrap.”

He paused a moment to study Summer’s face. “You doing all right being away from home? I know your family is probably pissed at me for stealing you away for the holiday.”