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rolled his eyes.
    Luke was like the complete opposite of Peter.
    Peter was erratic, all-over-the-place. You could put him in the same situation ten times and he’d react ten different ways.
    Luke was much more straightforward. Not in a simple, predictable way. But I knew I could count on him to make sense.
    He reached down and picked up my right hand, pulling me back to the present. But he wasn’t looking at the handprint. He was looking at the graze I’d given myself yesterday morning.
    â€˜It happened again, didn’t it?’ he said. ‘Another one of your … vision things.’
    â€˜What makes you say that?’ I said.
    Luke gave me a look. ‘Since when do you just randomly fall off your bike on the way to school?’
    He ran a finger across the graze on my palm, then suddenly seemed to realise what he was doing and dropped my hand back into my lap.
    â€˜Yeah,’ I said, losing focus for a second. ‘Yeah, you’re right.’
    I stood up.
    â€˜What happened?’ he asked.
    â€˜It was the night at the Shackleton Building. When all of the stuff with Mum’s baby started. And it was the clearest one so far. The one of – of Reeve at Flameburger, and the one of the trapdoor thing in Pryor’s office … They were just kind of flashes . You know, bits and pieces. But this one – I was there for, like, a good thirty seconds. A minute, even.’
    Luke got to his feet too. I expected him to come out with something sympathetic or reassuring, but instead he said, ‘Do you think they’re connected?’
    â€˜What?’
    â€˜Your – Your visions or whatever they are, and Ghost’s skin thing. Both happening here in Phoenix. I mean, it can’t just be a coincidence, can it?’
    My stomach turned. The same idea had occurred to me, but I’d been trying not to think about it. Because if me and Jeremy were both being affected by the same thing …
    â€˜Crap,’ said Luke, catching up. ‘Crazy Bill.’
    â€˜Yeah,’ I said heavily. ‘Remember back in Ketterley’s office? Ketterley and Calvin were talking about him. Ketterley was worried that whatever’s happened to Bill might start happening to … other people. What if he was right? I mean, what if that’s why Bill knows so much? Because he’s seen it all already. What if I’m –?’
    â€˜Jordan, stop. You’re not turning into Bill.’
    â€˜You don’t know what I’m –’
    â€˜We can fix it,’ he said firmly. ‘That’s why we’re fighting. So we can stop whatever’s going on out here.’ He yanked my hand up in front of me. ‘Including this.’
    I stared at the hand for a second, then pulled it out of his grip.
    â€˜Yeah,’ I said. ‘You’re right. Sorry.’
    â€˜No, listen, you’re not the only one who’s –’
    He broke off as the doorbell rang. ‘Montag,’ he said, warmth disappearing from his voice. ‘About time. You ready?’
    We headed downstairs and found Luke’s mum showing Montag into the dining room. When I’d arrived, she’d still had a suit on from her day in the office, but she’d obviously dressed herself up a bit in the meantime. Luke’s eyes went dark at the sight of the skirt she was wearing.
    Montag was standing with his back to us. Luke’s mum looked past him and saw us coming through the doorway.
    â€˜Have a seat, guys!’ she said, slipping into the kitchen. ‘Just getting the salad.’
    The doc turned around, and I almost smiled at the shocked expression on his face.
    He didn’t know we were coming.
    â€˜Luke,’ he said, recovering quickly as Ms Hunter returned. ‘Good to see you again.’
    â€˜Thought it was about time you two started getting to know each other a bit better,’ she smiled, putting the salad bowl down on the table.
    â€˜Ah, of