![]() ![]() I led the way, for once more knowledgeable about my surroundings than they were. We parked on the fourth floor of the huge garage. In terminal four, the largest terminal, where most flights landed - so it wasn't surprising that his was.īut it was the terminal I needed: the biggest, the most confusing. Luck was with me, or maybe it was just good odds. They would be watching me twice as carefully now, anyway, after Alice's vision. I didn't want my panic to make Jasper more Tried not to think about what else she might have seen. "So you couldn't see James in Phoenix until he decided to come here."Īnd she hadn't seen me in the mirror room with James until I'd made the decision to meet him there. Once they change their minds - make a new decision, no matter how small - the whole future shifts." I only see the course they're on while they're on it. "Yes, things change…" she murmured - hopefully, I thought. That must have been what alerted Jasper, why a fresh wave of serenity filled the car. "Edward said it wasn't definite… that things change?" It was harder than I would have thought to say his name. "How does it work? The things that you see?" I stared out the side window, and my voice soundedīored. Glances in my direction every few seconds. Alice leaned against the door, her face toward Jasper but, behind her sunglasses, shooting I sat alone this time in the back of the dark car. I was anxious to get to the airport, and glad when we left by seven. I dug through my bag until I found my sock full of money. The peaceful mood Jasper created worked its way through me and helped me thinkĬlearly. I left my hair down, swirling around me,Ĭovering my face. I got ready methodically, concentrating on each little task. So she could tell him that they wereĭoing something wrong, that they were going to fail… Almost as if I were borrowing Jasper's strange extra sense, I could feel Alice's wild - though well-concealed -ĭesperation to have me out of the room, to be alone with Jasper. "No, I'll eat at the airport." I was very calm, too. ![]() She finally looked at me, her expression smooth and withdrawn. "Nothing, really," she answered finally, her voice remarkably calm and convincing. I welcomed it, using it to keep my emotions disciplined, I felt a tranquil atmosphere settle around me. His eyes were confused as they flickered swiftly between Alice's face and mine, feeling the chaos… for I could guess what Alice had "What did you see?" I said - and there was no question in my flat, uncaring voice. Once that she hadn't been speaking to me, she'd been answering Jasper's question. ![]() Her head twisted around, her eyes locking on mine, their expression still strangely blank. She turned her face away from me, into his chest. Across the room, the door swung shut with a low click. "Alice!" Jasper's voice whipped, and then he was right behind her, his hands curling over hers, loosening them from their grip on the table. I hurried to her side, reaching out automatically to touch her hand. Her eyes were blank, dazed… My thoughts flew to my mother. She didn't react when I called her name, but her head was slowly rocking side to side, and I saw herįace. I was surprised when I saw Alice bent over the desk, gripping the edge with two hands. I would have thought I was far beyond the ability to be surprised, my thoughts tortured and unstable, but I was afraid to be in the same room with her, afraid that she would guess… and afraid to hide from her for the same reason. Jasper still hadn't come back when I returned toĪlice. The minutes were ticking by more slowly than usual. It had taken much less time than I'd thought - all the terror, the despair, the shattering of my heart.
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