Mara printed the passenger list from her laptop on the shop’s office printer while she waited for Ping to pick her up. Identifying Melissa Harrington, who had been on Flight 559 with her mother Kathy, had taken less than two minutes the previous night. Figuring out how Missy had disappeared so quickly and who had used her to steal the Chronicle would be more challenging. Mara’s first guess was the mother, since both were passengers on the flight. On the other hand, she was certain the arm that had come out of the alley to grab the girl had been a man’s.
Clearly the girl could levitate objects, but Sam didn’t think Missy was the pretender. He theorized it was the man behind the girl, using his ability to alter perception to avoid detection. Apparently hiding behind an invisible wall is a c
