CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
MIRA
The music was lovely; it pervaded everything. It was with me constantly. I mentioned it to Nora, and even to Jill, but they said they couldn’t hear it. It was summer vacation for me, and Nora had graduated from high school. She had decided to start attending city college in the fall and at least get a basic degree. Meanwhile, we spent our days shopping and watching old movies.
We were sitting in the kitchen and Jill was telling us the familiar story of how she and Tony met and how he had proposed. I’d heard it a million times, but it was so funny and romantic I could never get tired of it.
“But why couldn’t you stop her? Why couldn’t you tell her?”
“Prophecy Stone warn. Say nothing. Else fail. Many many path fail. Only come with. No talk.”
“Mira, we need you t
