It's Friday-do you think you can get your mom and Cliff out of the house for the night?" Phil blinked. "I guess-if Poppy seems better, they might go out for a little while. If I said I'd stay with her." "Convince them they need a break. I don't want them around." "Can't you just make them not not...
Maggie felt the brush of his warm lips and then cold air as he jerked back. "No," he said. "No." She could see the clash of fear and anger in his eyes, and she could see it suddenly resolve itself as the pain grew unbearable. He shuddered once, and then all the turmoil vanished, as if it were b...
Grandma Harman came home, her cough better. She didn't seem to notice anything different about Thea. Night came earlier, and everyone at school talked about parties and costumes. The air got colder and there was an announcement that the old gym would be opened for Halloween. Thea heard that Randy...