He sniffled, then reached out with an orange hand to touch my arm, as if testing my powers. I jerked it away, the spot he’d touched tingling.
‘What did you do?’ Emily asked, staring at me intently in the rearview mirror. For a panicked moment I tensed, certain she’d heard me. ‘Wow, you’re really amazing with him,’ she said then, the corners of her mouth turned up in a wry grin. ‘I don’t know how you did that, but if you hadn’t been here, that was a Category 10 waiting to happen. Micah, maybe you should take a page from Maeve’s book.’
‘Oh. It was nothing,’ I assured her, fighting to keep my voice neutral. ‘Henry and I are just buds. Right, kiddo?’ I tickled his knee and Henry smiled warily.
Emily clapped, loving it. ‘Seriously, Maeve. You’re a natural.’ I offered her a stiff smile and pu
