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had been thrown
out of my foster care home. My foster folks Jim and Sally were no
longer going to be received government checks for my care so they
had given me the honour of kicking me out. Sally had mumbled
mysterious things before she took off, and I planned to find her
back east when we got there. I had no idea if Jim was still here or
what had happened to him. I didn’t care. Thankfully, Grace’ family
had come to my rescue and invited me in without a second
thought.
This diploma
was the one last piece of paper that had kept me sane and held
everything together when I wanted to fall apart.
Grace and I
headed towards her yellow Beetle and parked beside it was Michael’s
mustang. My heart skipped. Suddenly everything felt much brighter;
the sky, the grass, all the colors around me.
Michael stepped
out of his car carrying a bouquet of white freesias. I knew I had a
big, goofy smile on my face. I didn’t care because all I thought
about was my prince had come to see me. Dressed in jeans and a dark
blue polo top, he looked beyond amazing. His skin was tanned like
Grace and his dirty blonde hair looked lighter in the sunlight. He
casually smiled in our direction but I could feel from his Sioghra he was very excited. The necklace gave me a glimpse
of his emotions when he was near me. He was up to something or had
some kind of surprise in store. I could feel it.
“Hello Red.” He
had taken to calling me Red since last January, when I had saved
him from the Grollics. It had caught on and Grace began using it as
well. I was their own little red riding hood who had saved them
from the big bad wolf.
“Michael! No
‘hello’ for your sister?” Grace shook her head and pointed to his
hands. “Your twin, your own flesh and blood?”
It took an
effort to tear his gaze away from me. “Yeah, hi sis.” He rolled his
eyes heavenward and then winked at me as Grace’s mouth opened to
speak again. He cut her off before she had a chance. “Relax Grace.
There’s a gift for you. I didn’t forget. It’s on the passenger seat
of your car. For the record, you’ve not officially graduated yet so
technically, I don’t have to give you anything until tomorrow.”
She stuck her
tongue out at him but went to the passenger side of her car to see
what he had bought her. She groaned as her head popped above the
car and she pulled out a new pair of bright orange fuzzy dice.
“Seriously?”
Michael shot
her a beaming smile before turning back to me. He handed me the
flowers. “Almost congratulations.” He kissed me on top of the
forehead.
“Thanks,
they’re beautiful.”
“And smell
almost as wonderful as you.” He murmured.
“So Caleb let
you leave the office?” I tried digging for information without
appearing too obvious. “No autopsy’s to preform today?” I
joked.
“Funny girl.”
He knew me too well. “I’m curious to know what all Grace has told
you. And for the record, Caleb doesn’t control everything –
especially me.” He gently reached for the flowers and set them on
the back seat of his car.
I noticed my
Wolf Book lay there beside them. I stared trying to fight the
burning urge to snatch it up and protect it. I hadn’t seen or
touched it in months and suddenly it was the only thing I wanted. I
stuffed my hands deep into my pockets to appear less obvious.
Michael either
didn’t notice, or pretended he hadn’t. “Caleb ran all the tests he
needed.”
I knew there
had to be more to Caleb giving the book back so quickly. Fast as
the supernaturals were, they couldn’t rush science. “What does he
want?”
“He just asked
me to mention he hoped you might take a peek at the book
before we left.” Michael shook his head. There had obviously been
some words between the two of them.
“He wants to
know if anything’s changed since January, right?”
Michael sighed
and leaned against his car. “He’s concerned you have been looking
but can’t read the book anymore and that’s why you