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“Last night was nice, watching sitcoms on TV, and the documentary on elephants was interesting. Don’t you think?” Nathan was trying to deter me from the questions I’d been itching to ask him since yesterday, and even though he knew me better than that, it didn’t stop him from trying to talk about something else.
I stared out the windshield, watching the wipers move rapidly across it from the sheeting rain. Several bolts of red and blue lightning webbed across the dark sky. A loud cracking noise erupted above us, making me jump, but it didn’t break my determination.
“If a dark spirit is in a human during the conception of a child, can his darkness enter that child?”
The corner of his mouth curled. “You’re relentless.”
“Well, I want to know.”
“No,” he said. “A dark spirit is dark because it chose to be; it’s not an inherited trait.”
I scratched my head. “I don’t understand any of this.”
His eyes turned thoughtful. “It’s a mystery and probably won’t get solved until after you become immortal.”
“Why is that?”
“Because we already have a lot to deal with right now.”
“That’s true,” I admitted. “But when I become immortal I want to see if we can find my grandmother. In fact, we must find her,” I stressed, afraid we wouldn’t. I wanted to meet her, even though she had abandoned my father.
“We will,” he promised, pulling into the school parking lot.
I slapped a hand on my leg. “I’m going to get through today and tomorrow, and we’re going to have a good time during this three-day weekend. You’ll meet my mom and everything will be great.” I was determined to move forward and not get caught up in misery or be scared about the “old one” possibly residing in another human.
“Sounds like a wonderful plan,” Nathan said, smiling.
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