The car ride was as silent as a night in a tomb. Of course we all had a lot of information to process, including the "plan" we'd devised with Zen to get Juliette and Franky back. Once we arrived, we all exited the car. Petra wrapped me in a tight hug before she, Chase and Senji piled into her Buick and drove away. Rom and I were left on the sidewalk to stare at one another. Was Rom still keeping something from me? Had he been completely honest...finally? “When did that tsunami hit your city?” I asked, breaking the silence. “I know not,” Rom said. “The psychomanteum's images were the first I had seen of such a wave.” “Oh no.” Despite all the questions between us I couldn’t help but encircle him around the waist with my arms. “I’m sorry,” I mumbled into his chest. “I was so wrapped in my own grief, I didn’t think about your family and how worried you must be.” “Mayhap the vision reflected merely my fears and not a true happening,” Rom said. His arms came around me in an embrace.
