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petroleum jelly, except it had a bluish tone to it. Lydia had a feeling that if they turned out the lights, it probably would glow in the dark.
    “Is that supposed to heal him?” Aggie asked as Delia rubbed it in Daniel’s wounds.
    “Not exactly,” Delia said. “It’s to slow the blood loss and help with the healing process, but it’s not a cure.”
    She made sure to get some in all his wounds, and she even put some inside his ears, since he was bleeding from them. By the time she was finished, she had used almost the entire jar.
    “What else do you need?” Lydia asked.
    “Nothing,” Delia said and carefully lowered him back down on the blanket. “There are some things that magic can’t fix. For that, we need the hospital.” Then she looked up at Aggie. “Can you help me take him out to the car?”
    Aggie nodded. “Yeah, of course.”
    Delia wrapped the blanket around him, because he’d been intermittently shivering. It would also help with the bleeding, which had already stained Aggie’s dress all down the front.
    Aggie slid her arms underneath him and picked him up like he weighed nothing. Delia grabbed her purse and slid on a pair of tennis shoes, then led them out to her ’76 Mustang in the driveway. She opened the passenger door and pushed the front seat forward so Aggie could lay him in the backseat.
    “Lydia, why don’t you get in back with him?” Delia said.
    Lydia climbed in back and carefully arranged Daniel. She rested his head on her lap, and he groaned, so she apologized and tried to comfort him.
    “Are you coming with?” Delia stood just outside the car and spoke to Aggie, who stared into the small back window to where Lydia sat with Daniel
    “I can’t.” Aggie shook her head. “I’ve already been here for too long.”
    “So you’re leaving town tonight?” Delia asked.
    “I have to.”
    “Well, I’ll be here, if you ever want to stop back,” Delia told her.
    Aggie smiled at her. “Thank you, but I don’t think I will.”
    “I didn’t think so.” Delia moved toward the car, then paused and turned back to Aggie. “Thank you for helping him. I don’t know what happened out in the bay tonight, but I have a feeling that you aren’t in the habit of saving strangers.”
    “I’ve been trying to change my ways lately.” Aggie paused, and when she spoke again, her voice was almost like a song. “But it would be better if you forgot me, if you all never even remembered that you saw me.”
    Daniel had begun stirring on Lydia’s lap. He opened his eyes, looking right up at her, but it didn’t seem like he was seeing her. It was more like he was looking right through her.
    “Where am I?” Daniel asked. “What’s going on?”
    “Nana.” Lydia leaned forward in the seat. “We should go. I think he’s waking up.”
    “If you—” Delia glanced back at Lydia for a second, and when she turned back, Aggie had disappeared into the night. “And she’s gone.”
    Delia went around and got in the car. As soon as she turned it on, the Rolling Stones came blasting out of the stereo, but she quickly turned it down.
    “Was that the girl that stopped by earlier today?” Lydia asked as they drove to the hospital.
    “Yes, it was.”
    “ What is she?”
    “I have no idea.” Delia glanced back at her. “How is he doing?”
    “Not good, actually.” Lydia had tried holding his hand, but it didn’t help. He was shaking badly, and he kept turning his head from side to side and groaning. “What should I do?”
    “You can try singing to him,” Delia suggested. “Aggie said she tried it.”
    “Yeah, and it didn’t work.”
    “Well, that was before I put the salve in his ears,” Delia said. “It’s worth a shot. I can’t get to the hospital any faster than I’m already going.”
    So Lydia gave it a shot. With one hand, she held on to his arm to keep him from rolling off her lap, and with the other, she stroked his hair. Softly, she began singing “Puff, the Magic