As soon as he opened the door, he stopped, sensing something
wrong.
?Didn?t you bring Helen with you?? Cassandra asked nervously as
he stood in the doorway. ?I could have sworn I saw you together
today.?
Lucas looked around the room and saw Jerry and Kate, the
promised cake bristling with unlit candles, and Claire sitting wideeyed
next to Jason.
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?I just left her at home to be with you two,? he said gesturing to
Jerry and Kate. Panic washed up his legs, nearly making his knees
buckle.
Lucas ran out the kitchen door, past the cars in the garage, and
ripped the outside door off its hinges as he leapt up into the apoplectic
sky. Jumping up twenty feet, Jason tackled him out of the
air and dragged him back down, pinning Lucas?s weightless body
to the ground.
?Sorry, brother, but the storm is too big. We drive tonight,? Jason
said.
?There was someone waiting for her inside her house!? Lucas
yelled, taking on mass and throwing Jason off of him.
?We know, you idiot! This afternoon, while you had your phone
shut off, Cassie saw that Creon came back to the island,? Jason
said, latching on to Lucas to make sure he didn?t change states
again and fly off. ?But Creon isn?t the one at her house!?
?Then who is it?? Lucas asked, visibly calming down. He and
Jason stood up and waited for Hector to pull his truck out.
?Cassandra was getting little images all day long, but she didn?t
understand them. One of the things she saw was a woman tailing
Creon as he came back to the island. She had this habit of tucking