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had my group of friends and there was always something going on. We had great times, driving into town, shopping, hanging out at the movies or at the mall. We would spend the nights gathered on the beach and listening to the waves. Now I couldn’t even call them. We’d all been scattered to the winds. The first sacrifice toward recovery was giving up our cell phones. I’d only had mine back for a month and none of their old numbers worked.
    I had missed them terribly while at the hotel, but I hadn’t thought of them at all in the last few days. I never made any real friends at my temporary school and was glad I’d never see that place again. At least I would have Talon and the brothers when school started back in the fall. I put my arm on Mom’s shoulder. “Sure beats the hotel,” I said.
    We both laughed. The hotel had really been boring with nothing but a TV with limited cable access for entertainment. I spent most of my time there reading. It was my only escape.
    Talon and Tom argued as they returned. “We’ll talk about this later, Tal.” Tom threw him a glare and walked to the back of the truck and dropped the tailgate.
    Talon glanced at me. His lips were pressed in a tight line and his chest was bowed. He was fuming mad. I wasn’t aware that he had such a temper. I figured it wasn’t really about moving the pavers. Tom must have cut his call short. I think Mom felt as awkward as I did. We went inside to get dinner ready and escape the tension. As soon as we were in the house, we heard them going at it again.
    An hour later we all sat around the dinner table. Talon wouldn’t look up from his plate. His eyes stayed hard with anger. Tom, however, sat quiet, his expression much more at ease. He’d obviously won the battle, and before too long he was laughing with Mom about friends and making plans for the weekend.
    After dinner, I retired to my room for a little “me” time. I desperately needed to paint my toenails. It was sandal season and I hadn’t been to Mom’s shop for a proper pedicure in weeks. I brushed my last little toe with a dot of hot pink polish as Talon knocked on my door. “Come on in,” I said.
    He pushed the door open and came in; his temper had calmed considerably. “Sorry about earlier, I was just so mad.”
    I closed the polish and patted the place next to me. “What’s wrong?” I hoped it wasn’t anything too serious.
    He sat with me at the foot of my bed. “That was my mom who called. She wants me to come and visit her for a week.”
    “Oh, so Tom doesn’t want you to go?” I figured. Surely Talon wanted to go to his mom’s.
    “No! He wants me to go! He thinks I should spend some time with her. I really don’t want to go right now. Not with everything going on here with the marks and the ghosts and Lights and stuff. Plus, I’m still getting settled.”
    “When are you going?” I sighed and gave him a sympathetic smile. There was no doubt he was. Tom was pretty confident at the table and my heart sank at the thought of him leaving. I knew I shouldn’t feel that way, but I couldn’t help it. It bothered me. Plus, I’d have to be all alone at our end of the house with the “ghost stuff.”
    “In a week. I leave next Sunday and come back the following. A whole week.” Talon spoke as if it were a prison sentence. As much as I hated him leaving, I thought he was pretty lucky. At least he wouldn’t be stuck out in the woods with me. He’d be someplace normal, someplace where he didn’t have to worry about burning orbs of light and haunts. I’d be stuck all alone to face God knows what. I clutched my hand to my throat and swallowed hard as my brows pinched tight. Talon reacted. “I’ll find some way out of it. I can go later. I’ll just have to convince Dad that now is not a good time for me.” I didn’t want to see another battle between the two of them.
    “You can’t put it off forever. She’s your mother. She wants to see you.”
    “I should be here if