Zoe shook her head against the idea of tea. Tea could come later. Tea was just a stalling technique. She sat down in an arm chair, tucked her hands between her knees.
Rachel sat down on the couch and was about to swing her legs over Danny to use him as furniture as well when she remembered his legs were hurt. Sitting sideways on the couch, she swung one leg behind him instead, so he could sit between her legs.
"So," said Zoe, as Cai sat down on an ottoman, his fingers buried in Wolf's fur. “You all believe Cai is psychic, yeah?”
“Uh huh,” Rachel said, looking at Cai. He didn’t look like she’d expected a magical boy to look like, but the proof was there, horrible as it had been. She wondered if he touched her might he see her mother driving her into the river. Maybe she could find out a little more about it. Had they been arguing? Laughing? Would it feel like she was drowning?
She supposed it might be bad but she supposed it in a remote kind of way, like it wouldn’t be happening to her. Today consequences felt very far away.
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Rachel sat down on the couch and was about to swing her legs over Danny to use him as furniture as well when she remembered his legs were hurt. Sitting sideways on the couch, she swung one leg behind him instead, so he could sit between her legs.
"So," said Zoe, as Cai sat down on an ottoman, his fingers buried in Wolf's fur. “You all believe Cai is psychic, yeah?”
“Uh huh,” Rachel said, looking at Cai. He didn’t look like she’d expected a magical boy to look like, but the proof was there, horrible as it had been. She wondered if he touched her might he see her mother driving her into the river. Maybe she could find out a little more about it. Had they been arguing? Laughing? Would it feel like she was drowning?
She supposed it might be bad but she supposed it in a remote kind of way, like it wouldn’t be happening to her. Today consequences felt very far away.