Chapter 11
Closeness
A handful of tissues was pressed against her flaming cheeks. Rikki grabbed them and quickly wiped her eyes and blew her nose. Laying a hand to her forehead, she kept her eyes closed. She wasn’t able to look at them. Not after this inexcusable show of weakness.
“I’m sorry, everyone. I didn’t…”
Art cut her off. “Don’t apologize. You have nothing to be sorry for. All these years you thought you were an abomination, but nothing is further from the truth. Look at me, Rikki.”
Sniffing, she turned her head in his direction. His expression was stern, but not in a hateful or hurtful way.
“There are those of us who have the same ability as you. There’s not many of us, but we exist. We call ourselves . Sometimes subwoofers because of the fact that our senses are much more
