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melted away.
    But his thoughts didn’t slow down.
    He thought of going to Carla’s house this morning, just to watch her, but he would never invade her privacy like that.
    The first time he’d vanished was when he was four years old and he had wished he could just disappear when his mother wanted him do chores.
    He had sat and watched his mother look around the living room and call for him when he was sitting right in front of her. At first he’d thought it was some kind of game. But then he’d realized she wasn’t playing.
    “Logan Richard Savage,” she’d yelled. “Get your butt right back here and clean up this mess.”
    “Okay, Mama,” he’d said as he walked up to her.
    She’d looked around. “Where are you hiding, Logan?”
    He had touched her arm and she had cried out with surprise and stumbled back. He remembered frowning and going to her.
    “Can’t you see me?” he’d asked, afraid that he might never be seen again.
    “Logan?” she’d whispered, her eyes big as she stared somewhere over his shoulder.
    He’d squeezed his eyes shut and concentrated on becoming visible again.
    “Oh, my God.” Her words sounded hoarse and Logan had opened his eyes to see his mother now looking straight at him. “How—what—when...”
    She had sat hard on the couch, still staring at him. “How did you—?”
    “You really couldn’t see me?” he asked, excitement growing in him.
    “You were invisible.” His mother had reached for him and she’d drawn him into her arms and held him. “Your father and I were beginning to wonder when or if you would manifest some kind of paranormal talent.”
    “I was in-di-visible?” He still remembered trying to figure out what “invisible” meant. At the time he wasn’t sure what “manifest” meant or “paranormal talent”, but he guessed they had something to do with him becoming invisible.
    His mother brushed hair from his face with her fingers. “We weren’t sure if you would get your father’s or my talents. I never expected you to be able to disappear and I doubt your father did, either. Neither one of us can do that.”
    He had scrunched up his face. At four he was having a hard time understanding what she was talking about.
    But it had been so much fun that soon he was turning invisible every chance he had and about drove his parents nuts. At six, when he discovered he could turn invisible and transport from one location to the next, he really made everyone crazy.
    When his brother, John, would get mad at him, he would use his skill to avoid his brother’s strength. John was abnormally—or paranormally—powerful and strong from an early age. Being able to disappear came in handy for Logan when he didn’t want to be pummeled by his brother.
    John was a good guy, but Logan liked to get a rise out of him, just so that he could turn invisible and transfer away before John could get his hands on him. John hadn’t been allowed to play sports because it wouldn’t have been fair to the other kids who didn’t have his power and strength.
    They’d had a private tutor who taught them how to use their powers and how to blend in with society. Paranormal talents were rare, and it wasn’t a good idea to let anyone know you had any. The next thing you know you might be taken away from your parents and put into some kind of government research program.
    He had friends with paranormal abilities, and he was sure that had happened to them. One day they were there, the next day just gone. The explanation given to everyone was that the child had moved to live with an aunt or another relative.
    His mom had finally explained what might be behind it after the third sudden move of a friend. She swore that would never happen to him, but it had always been in the back of his mind.
    So he’d learned how to blend in as he grew older. He’d learned the difference between good and bad, and right and wrong when it came to using a talent that could easily be exploited if