3
By the Banks of Oak Creek
Aunt Rachel had reacted in horror when I told her the news, pretty much as I’d expected. Luckily, though, Tobias had been there when I went over to tell her what was going on. I didn’t see his presence as an intrusion, but rather a welcome buffer. He at least seemed hopeful when I said I’d do whatever I could to bring this curse to an end, even as Rachel shook her head and said that no one had ever been able to break the Wilcox curse.
Which was true. But, as they say, there’s a first time for everything.
With that unwelcome task out of the way, I went home, then sat upstairs on my bed for the longest time as I stared at the phone I held and wondered what on earth I could possibly say. Would Connor hear the fear and the nerves in my voice and demand to know w
