“It’s just that I don’t like leaving you here all by yourself for a week.” She stopped. They both knew there was nowhere else he could stay. Not with friendly neighbors, church people—nobody—it was just too risky. Even with the suppression medicine, it was too risky. They had no close friends. He couldn’t stay with Jason, she thought he was a normal. And if Gavin had told her the drugs were losing their potency; that he needed a higher dosage and a stronger spell now that he was older, she wouldn’t be going anywhere at all.
“Mama. You are going to miss your plane. You know how the traffic is on 54. I’ll be fine. You have your blemish cream?”
His mother stood there another long moment, as if she wanted to say something but wasn’t sure how. He was sure that she knew, somehow, that Jason ha
