side.”
“Yeah, I noticed that. Danny has too.”
“And yet your friend doesn’t seem that way.”
“Lily? She can be, but she has her own style. It all depends how she feels on the day. She dresses to her mood. It’s like today, she’s gone for breakfast with Jake, so she’s gone out casual but girly.”
“Oh how sweet. Jake is a nice guy and he deserves a good girl.”
“She is the best. I love her to death and she deserves some happiness,” I said sincerely.
“Have you been friends a long time?”
“Just over eight years.”
“Lovely. It’s nice to be able to have someone you can be close to. The guys are lucky in that respect – they have always had each other to talk to about their powers and more.”
“It must have been nice,” I said, turning away from her to hide a rush of emotion.
“But you have all of us now,” she said, rubbing my shoulder. “I just wish we could have found you earlier.”
“Yeah.”
“So will you be moving up here?”
“I don’t know. I believe they were told to find me so it sounds like I need to be here for something.”
“I wish I knew what.”
“So do I, but what I don’t understand is – Lucian and the guys said everyone thought the bloodline died with Edward. So how did their grandfathers know I was alive?”
“Michael’s father said he could feel it in his blood. He knew there was another one out there with the power. I don’t know about the others, I never asked them. But if you’re going to see them maybe you should ask them.”
“Yeah, I will.”
“I think you would be very happy here, and with that in mind I have something for you,” she said, pulling an envelope from behind one of the cushions. “These are rightfully yours.”
I took the envelope from her and opened it – it was the deeds and keys to the Putnam house.
“I don’t know what to say…I feel like I should buy these from you…”
“Nonsense. They are yours. We have just looked after them for you,” she said, taking my hands and making me face her. “Just promise me you will consider moving here with the rest of us. When I first found out about Michael’s powers and the family history, he told me that there could be another out there somewhere just like him and the other guys’ fathers. I told him if it was meant to be, then one day your paths would cross, and now they have. We all look after one another and we would love you to be with us finally.”
“I promise.”
I hugged her then put the deeds and keys back in the envelope.
“Now, why don’t you go and see Lucian for a while. I know he would love to spend some time alone with you,” she smiled.
“OK. Thank you, Evelyn.”
“I look forward to talking to you again.”
“Me too.”
She took me to the bottom of the stairs and told me how to get to Lucian’s room. I walked up the winding staircase to the second floor, then to the end of the hall to the far west of the house. Even the hallway was beautifully decorated. The dark wooden floor perfectly suited the mahogany-and-gold paneled walls, lit only by a few wall lights. Lucian’s room was the one at the end. I knocked on his bedroom door.
“Come in!” he shouted. He was lying on his bed listening to Bon Jovi. “Hey.” he said, sitting up. “Come and sit down.”
“Thanks.”
“Did you get grilled?”
“No not at all. Your mom is really nice.”
“Did she ask you loads of questions?”
“No, she didn’t actually; only a few. Was I down there long?”
“Only about twenty minutes. So what you doing now?”
“I’m just going back to the motel, Lily’s gone out with Jake so…”
“Fancy going out for lunch…My treat?” he interrupted.
“Yes, that would be nice.”
“Great I know a nice little café bar near the harbor. It’s just outside of the new town.”
“Sounds good.”
“I’ll drive,” he said, smiling and grabbing his car keys.
I folded up the envelope with the deeds in it and put it in my bag before
“Yeah, I noticed that. Danny has too.”
“And yet your friend doesn’t seem that way.”
“Lily? She can be, but she has her own style. It all depends how she feels on the day. She dresses to her mood. It’s like today, she’s gone for breakfast with Jake, so she’s gone out casual but girly.”
“Oh how sweet. Jake is a nice guy and he deserves a good girl.”
“She is the best. I love her to death and she deserves some happiness,” I said sincerely.
“Have you been friends a long time?”
“Just over eight years.”
“Lovely. It’s nice to be able to have someone you can be close to. The guys are lucky in that respect – they have always had each other to talk to about their powers and more.”
“It must have been nice,” I said, turning away from her to hide a rush of emotion.
“But you have all of us now,” she said, rubbing my shoulder. “I just wish we could have found you earlier.”
“Yeah.”
“So will you be moving up here?”
“I don’t know. I believe they were told to find me so it sounds like I need to be here for something.”
“I wish I knew what.”
“So do I, but what I don’t understand is – Lucian and the guys said everyone thought the bloodline died with Edward. So how did their grandfathers know I was alive?”
“Michael’s father said he could feel it in his blood. He knew there was another one out there with the power. I don’t know about the others, I never asked them. But if you’re going to see them maybe you should ask them.”
“Yeah, I will.”
“I think you would be very happy here, and with that in mind I have something for you,” she said, pulling an envelope from behind one of the cushions. “These are rightfully yours.”
I took the envelope from her and opened it – it was the deeds and keys to the Putnam house.
“I don’t know what to say…I feel like I should buy these from you…”
“Nonsense. They are yours. We have just looked after them for you,” she said, taking my hands and making me face her. “Just promise me you will consider moving here with the rest of us. When I first found out about Michael’s powers and the family history, he told me that there could be another out there somewhere just like him and the other guys’ fathers. I told him if it was meant to be, then one day your paths would cross, and now they have. We all look after one another and we would love you to be with us finally.”
“I promise.”
I hugged her then put the deeds and keys back in the envelope.
“Now, why don’t you go and see Lucian for a while. I know he would love to spend some time alone with you,” she smiled.
“OK. Thank you, Evelyn.”
“I look forward to talking to you again.”
“Me too.”
She took me to the bottom of the stairs and told me how to get to Lucian’s room. I walked up the winding staircase to the second floor, then to the end of the hall to the far west of the house. Even the hallway was beautifully decorated. The dark wooden floor perfectly suited the mahogany-and-gold paneled walls, lit only by a few wall lights. Lucian’s room was the one at the end. I knocked on his bedroom door.
“Come in!” he shouted. He was lying on his bed listening to Bon Jovi. “Hey.” he said, sitting up. “Come and sit down.”
“Thanks.”
“Did you get grilled?”
“No not at all. Your mom is really nice.”
“Did she ask you loads of questions?”
“No, she didn’t actually; only a few. Was I down there long?”
“Only about twenty minutes. So what you doing now?”
“I’m just going back to the motel, Lily’s gone out with Jake so…”
“Fancy going out for lunch…My treat?” he interrupted.
“Yes, that would be nice.”
“Great I know a nice little café bar near the harbor. It’s just outside of the new town.”
“Sounds good.”
“I’ll drive,” he said, smiling and grabbing his car keys.
I folded up the envelope with the deeds in it and put it in my bag before
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