I can not tell you, Hazel moaned. "You know I can not. I can not change the events in the
future. I can not change it.
"Can you see yourself with Oliver in the future?
"No. Hazel turned away and plucked a tall stem of grass from the trail where they
walked. "I can see no future with him at all ."
"Oh," Else sighed pitifully.
"It's no' what you think," she explained. "My mother couldna see my father,
either."
"Truly?"
"Aye, truly. It's the way of things, my father says. You know how it is with me. I'm
assaulted by every future that exists but, even if I search, I can not find his.
He clears my mind and makes me feel more at ease than anyone before.
Al he has to do is touch me. It's right, El." She took her friend's hands in
hers and squeezed. "It's right, I tell you. He's right
