Nate's tablet filled up.
When they stood to leave, Melissa looked at me steadily. "If anything comes to you — anything at all — mind-link us directly. Don't wait for the next appointment."
"I will," I said.
After they left, I sat in the quiet apartment and looked at the white wall and felt the particular clarity that came after laying out everything you knew. The shape of it was there. I just couldn't see all the edges yet.
Jake's POV
Grandma Emma had checked into the spa resort two days ago.
I'd been turned away from Grandpa Nolan's ward three times — once by the caregiver, twice by staff who'd received Grandma's instructions. With her gone, there was no one left to enforce the ban.
I opened the ward door.
Grandpa Nolan was unconscious. Deep sleep, mouth open, the particular still
