| ?How long is it, Kyle? Five years? Six? You disappeared before I came
home
?And how old are you?? I asked her
That surprised me?she was such a little thing, so young lookingI couldn't believe she was six
years older than Melanie
?Why does that matter?? Kyle askedIt just seems like the more time someone spent as a human before they became a
soul, the better chance they might have at? making a recoveryThe greater the percentage of
their life they spent human, the more memories they have, the more connections, the more years
being called by the right name? I don't know
?Is twenty-one years enough?? he asked, his voice desperate
?I guess tiffany and co. heart toggle necklace we'll find out
?It's not fair!? Sunny wailed?Why do you get to stay? Why can't I stay, if you can??
I had to swallow hard?Thatwouldn't be fair, would it? But I don't get to stay, SunnyMaybe we'll leave together Perhaps she'd be happier if she thought I was
going to the Dolphins with herBy the time she knew otherwise, Sunny would have a different
host with different emotions and no tie to this human beside meAnyway, it would be
too late?I have to go, Sunny, just like youI have to give my body back, too
And then, flat and hard from right behind us, Ian's voice broke the quiet like the crack of a
whip
?What??
CHAPTER 56
Welded
Ian glared omega constellation lady watch down at the three of us with such fury that Sunny shivered in terrorIt was an odd
thing?as if Kyle and Ian had switched facesExcept Ian's face was still perfect, unbroken
Beautiful, even though it was enraged
?Ian?? Kyle asked, bewildered?What's the problem??
Ian spoke from between his locked teeth?Wanda,? he growled, and held his hand outIt
looked as if he was having a hard time keeping that hand open, not clenching it into a fist
Misery swept through meI didn't want to say goodbye to Ian, and now I would have toI would be wrong to sneak out in the night like a thief and leave all my
goodbyes to Melanie
Ian, tired of waiting, grabbed my d |
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