This happened in the same second something invisible and very heavy knocked Aldo backward off his feet.
The same second that Ben turned to look at him, and Shaun and Kevin both vanished mid-insult in another puff of smoke behind his back.
Just two left.
No, just two left that I could see. Fresh flamethrower in hand, I hoisted myself back onto the stage.
Aldo was crouching in a defensive position. Ben was kneeling next to him, shaking his unresponsive shoulder.
“Stop, please stop, I can explain!” Aldo begged the empty air in front of him. I didn’t know if he was seeing his mother or his father or both, or why Robbie had decided not to let Ben and me see them, too, but even if I had to shake him a lot harder than Ben was, I would make the illusion leave him alone, the way he had done f
