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brought it to me. Raven would never have a crack in her creations. She generally donated the rejects, but today I must be the charity case so I plopped it in my mouth. Crack or not, it was yummy.
Faith sat in the chair across from me, her hands flailing in the air like she was fanning the air and said, “I heard you were having some heart issues.” She gave a martyred sigh. “You know. The voices,” referring to her spiritual gift.
“They are right.” I bit into the delish deep chocolate goodness and let my mind get lost for a moment before Faith broke the silence. “And Arabella isn’t helping either.”
“Really?” Faith shrugged. “I found her charming.”
“She’s very charming to Oscar.” I brushed off the notion of Arabella and Oscar. Faith didn’t need to know my problems and I wasn’t here to solve them. I was here to solve how she reported the news. “Though it’s probably just her personality,” I lied.
“I guess you are bummed about the headlines?” Faith and Raven knew all about me and Oscar. Since they moved to Whispering Falls, they had been my closest allies. We are all the same age and had met at Hidden Halls, A Spiritualist University. Faith and I were in the same Intuition Class that Eloise taught. Our relationship was a little rocky, but once we got to know each other, we had become fast friends.
“Bummed isn’t the word for it.” An instant lump in my throat told me I was about to cry.
Faith reached over the table. “Please don’t be upset. From what I understand Oscar is coming around to the whole ‘witch’ thing.” We laughed.
It was true. Oscar didn’t get the world spiritual. He said from what I had described, it was all witchy like. To us, witchy was a negative term and implied evil. Whispering Falls and its residents were none of those things. We only brought good and happiness to everyone, not evil or bad.
“He is and we are moving forward. Slowly.” I eyed Faith’s cupcake that she hadn’t even touched. She pushed it toward me. I took it without even thinking about the calorie intake I would later regret. “Thanks.”
“I knew you were going to need another one.” She winked. “But your time is coming. How do we not know that the headlines didn’t mean two celebrations?”
“Does it?” My spirit felt a little tug of possibilities.
“I don’t know.” Faith shrugged. “I just read it as I get it. The chance of it is there. What can I do to help you?”
“Do you know what you meant by breaking a few eggs to make an omelet?” I was trying to come up with a way to talk to her about the way she reports what she heard, but the one line still bugged me.
“I don’t know what that meant. Like I said, I say it as it comes to me. Part of the job. In fact,” she planted her elbows on the table and leaned forward, “I almost didn’t report that because I knew it would send the Karima sisters into flames. But I did what I’m supposed to do.” She got up. “I’ve got to get back to work before Raven fires me.”
“Hey,” I grabbed her hand stopping her before she got away. “I’m going to have a bridal shower for Petunia. Do you think y’all could do the treats for the party?”
“Good for you. That’s nice to do.” She squeezed my hand. “Here comes Raven, I’m sure she’d love to.”
“What’s up?” Raven rubbed her hands off on her apron with the big Wicked Good logo printed on the front of it. Her coal-black hair was pulled into a low side ponytail and dangling over her right shoulder.
“I was here to get the scoop on the headlines.” I finished off my second cupcake. “Delish.” I rubbed the chocolate from the corners of my mouth. I rubbed my empty wrist. It was rare that I didn’t wear my bracelet. And without it not only did I feel naked, but unprotected.
“Yeah, about those.” She pointed to the cupcakes. “I knew you’d be here.”
I pounded my forehead with the palm of my hand. This was not good. Raven was
Faith sat in the chair across from me, her hands flailing in the air like she was fanning the air and said, “I heard you were having some heart issues.” She gave a martyred sigh. “You know. The voices,” referring to her spiritual gift.
“They are right.” I bit into the delish deep chocolate goodness and let my mind get lost for a moment before Faith broke the silence. “And Arabella isn’t helping either.”
“Really?” Faith shrugged. “I found her charming.”
“She’s very charming to Oscar.” I brushed off the notion of Arabella and Oscar. Faith didn’t need to know my problems and I wasn’t here to solve them. I was here to solve how she reported the news. “Though it’s probably just her personality,” I lied.
“I guess you are bummed about the headlines?” Faith and Raven knew all about me and Oscar. Since they moved to Whispering Falls, they had been my closest allies. We are all the same age and had met at Hidden Halls, A Spiritualist University. Faith and I were in the same Intuition Class that Eloise taught. Our relationship was a little rocky, but once we got to know each other, we had become fast friends.
“Bummed isn’t the word for it.” An instant lump in my throat told me I was about to cry.
Faith reached over the table. “Please don’t be upset. From what I understand Oscar is coming around to the whole ‘witch’ thing.” We laughed.
It was true. Oscar didn’t get the world spiritual. He said from what I had described, it was all witchy like. To us, witchy was a negative term and implied evil. Whispering Falls and its residents were none of those things. We only brought good and happiness to everyone, not evil or bad.
“He is and we are moving forward. Slowly.” I eyed Faith’s cupcake that she hadn’t even touched. She pushed it toward me. I took it without even thinking about the calorie intake I would later regret. “Thanks.”
“I knew you were going to need another one.” She winked. “But your time is coming. How do we not know that the headlines didn’t mean two celebrations?”
“Does it?” My spirit felt a little tug of possibilities.
“I don’t know.” Faith shrugged. “I just read it as I get it. The chance of it is there. What can I do to help you?”
“Do you know what you meant by breaking a few eggs to make an omelet?” I was trying to come up with a way to talk to her about the way she reports what she heard, but the one line still bugged me.
“I don’t know what that meant. Like I said, I say it as it comes to me. Part of the job. In fact,” she planted her elbows on the table and leaned forward, “I almost didn’t report that because I knew it would send the Karima sisters into flames. But I did what I’m supposed to do.” She got up. “I’ve got to get back to work before Raven fires me.”
“Hey,” I grabbed her hand stopping her before she got away. “I’m going to have a bridal shower for Petunia. Do you think y’all could do the treats for the party?”
“Good for you. That’s nice to do.” She squeezed my hand. “Here comes Raven, I’m sure she’d love to.”
“What’s up?” Raven rubbed her hands off on her apron with the big Wicked Good logo printed on the front of it. Her coal-black hair was pulled into a low side ponytail and dangling over her right shoulder.
“I was here to get the scoop on the headlines.” I finished off my second cupcake. “Delish.” I rubbed the chocolate from the corners of my mouth. I rubbed my empty wrist. It was rare that I didn’t wear my bracelet. And without it not only did I feel naked, but unprotected.
“Yeah, about those.” She pointed to the cupcakes. “I knew you’d be here.”
I pounded my forehead with the palm of my hand. This was not good. Raven was
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