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losing their minds with worry, but a small part of her didn’t care. She sent a quick text to Sam to say she was okay and shut the phone off again.
    Courtney wasn’t sure she could forgive their deception, not with all the potential consequences that could’ve arisen. Still, she supposed purposefully making them worry wouldn’t do much good. Besides, now that she had gotten the chance to cool down she wanted to learn more. She just hoped they would tell her.
    Reluctantly, Courtney ambled out of the parking garage and down the street. A half-hour later, she was outside her house mentally preparing herself for what else she might learn about her real family and what they did.
    Her parents were waiting for her in the living room. They looked like they hadn’t moved since she stormed out, but Sam was nowhere to be seen. She assumed he must’ve gone out looking for her. “Hi,” Courtney said.
    “Courtney, thank God you’re back. We were starting to wonder what had happened to you.” Her mother rushed over, reaching out for a hug.
    Courtney stepped back, holding her arms up. “Please don’t do that right now. My head is going in a hundred different places, and most of it is how angry I am. I need some time to deal with all this, but I think some more answers would help.”
    “I understand you’re angry, but we did exactly what we were asked because we thought it was best for you. You really don’t know what kinds of things your parents dealt with and how scared they were for you,” her mother responded. “I hope you’ll be able to understand that.”
    “I’ll try, I promise. Why were they so scared? Why did they have to give me away?”
    “It’s a long story,” her father responded, “and it’s been a long day. Why don’t we all take the night to sleep on this and we’ll talk tomorrow?”
    “You lie to me all this time, tell me crazy things about my real family, and now you want to try and stall telling me more?”
    “This isn’t trying to stall, Courtney,” her father replied in a harsh tone. “This really is a long story and, frankly, we weren’t planning on having this conversation today. I’m not even sure what started you on this search to begin with.”
    “I just wondered if I could find out why you guys hate me acting so much. Every time I do a play, you can’t drag me home fast enough and you act like you’d rather not even be there. It hurts, you know? All my friends’ parents are happy to be there. Now, I’m starting to understand why you’re so dead-set against that movie at least. After I found that picture, it made me think of all those other things and I wanted to know.”
    “You’re right, we aren’t happy about it, especially this movie idea. We promised we’d keep you out of danger and you’re talking about doing something that could put your face in front of a lot of people. Maybe the wrong people,” said her mother.
    “Who? What are you so afraid of? I don’t understand what the problem is.”
    “This is really hard to explain, and I know it sounds insane, but your parents had a lot of gifts. They were known as ‘Lightworkers.’ They are people who are born with a specific purpose, to help people. Some of these people have the special abilities we told you about, like your parents.”
    “Like moving things without touching them?”
    “Exactly,” her father said. “They also did other things. They had the ability to read minds and they could see the future. In fact, they used to see clients all the time to guide them through Tarot readings and other methods.”
    “Wow. You guys are really serious about this, aren’t you?”
    “Yes, we are.” Her mother reached out to Courtney again to touch her shoulder. “I’m sorry we didn’t tell you more a long time ago, but we were asked not to. They wanted you to have a normal life because the things they dealt with were more dangerous than we could possibly understand. They really did mean well; so did