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coin he found?” I asked.
    “Because I made him put that up for college,” she said with a chuckle.
    “Oh, but I thought you were paying for their college?” Granny was so confusing.
    “I hope to, but he doesn’t know that,” she sighed. “It is better he save it anyway. I’m still afraid to touch that loot.”
    “What if he finds Mr. Hill’s stash?” I couldn’t imagine the battle between the two when that happened.
    “He’s nowhere close,” she responded, and then she bit her lip realizing she said too much.
    “You know where it is. You saw Mr. Hill move it, didn’t you?” My jaw dropped as she nodded. I never understood how Granny could see so much while keeping her head in the TV all day, but there wasn’t much she missed. “Then why are you making him dig all day searching for it?” Poor Hunter had become about as crazy of a digger as Mr. Hill.
    “Well, I figure by the time he finds it, he’ll have at least earned it.” She lifted a shoulder and went back to stirring her sauce. I shook my head. Granny had some strange ways of raising her boys.
    “Mom’s been sick.” I changed the subject as I joined her in the kitchen. “She got sick last night and then again this morning. We think it’s a stomach bug. I was wondering if you had any popsicles. She keeps asking for one and Talon doesn’t want to drive all the way into town this late.”
    “She wants a popsicle?” Granny asked with a chuckle as she wiped her hands. “I might have some left. The boys won’t eat the grape ones.” She dug in the freezer.
    “Yeah, I think she’s feeling better now, she’s been snacking all day. She was surrounded by empty wrappers when I got home. She’s probably building her strength back.”
    Granny stopped as if her thought paralyzed her. She pinched her face, as if trying to solve a mathematic equation. “How old is your mother, Lily?”
    “Mom’s thirty-eight.” Granny shook off her thought, and handed me the box of frozen purple rejects. I wasn’t sure what she was getting at, but I said goodbye and left to bring Mom her treats before they melted.
    * * *
    Later, I was getting ready for bed when Owen called. “Lily, my birthday is this weekend,” he reminded.
    “I remember,” I said, pushing out a deep breath of frustration. He still wanted me to see his driving test results.
    “Well, I wanted to remind you. I take my test Fri—”
    “I know,” I cut him off. “Look Owen, I can’t promise you anything, but if I see your test results, I’ll tell you, okay? Is this all you called for?” I asked.
    “No, I wanted you and Talon to come to my game Friday. It’s at home and you promised, remember?” I did and I had. I promised to go to every home game, even though I’d rather eat glass than watch football.
    “I guess we can.” I felt really bad for jumping his case. “I think we’re going out with Hunter and Holly after, though. You ought to bring a date and go with us.”
    “Maybe,” he said with a groan. “Promise you’ll come?”
    “I promise.” I put my hand over the phone and let out a long yawn.
    “Thanks, ‘night, Lily.” He hung up.
    I sat there shaking my head for a minute. I’d have to tell Talon of my promise tomorrow and make plans to go to the game. He wouldn’t mind, since he liked football. It wasn’t that football was all that terrible; I never learned anything about it. My old school didn’t have a team, and it wasn’t like I had a dad around to watch it with. Mom wasn’t much on sports.Maybe I could get Talon to talk me through the game.
    I sat up in my bed and reached out my hand to summon the Light. I’d try and see something for Owen, if I could. It was the least I could do after biting his head off. As I stared deep into it, I was surprised when the vision didn’t include Owen at all. Instead, what I saw would throw things into a spin.
    In the vision, I walked around the side of my house and saw Talon standing on the porch, backed against the