Chapter 15The problem was, we had to get her out of the house and away from him. I mean, we couldn’t safely get to Joseph if she was around; she’d hear us, for sure, or sense me. And my mind powers might not work as well on an overprotective mother. Meaning, if she had a weapon around, it was going to get used. On us. Bang-bang.
Unfortunately, what we quickly discovered was that she never seemed to leave the house. Never seemed to leave him.
One day turned to two. One pizza turned to four. And while our cellphones seemed to work on the local level, there just wasn’t enough reception to go beyond the mountains that surrounded us, nor for us to get any incoming calls either. Which meant, unfortunately, that I couldn’t call Mitzy or Gramps or my parents for help or advice, and they couldn’t
