Confessions
Chapter 43
Still not mine
Sorry it's taken me so long to update again, my brother broke my computer (again) and wouldn't let me use his. Mine's been in the shop since Thursday and it's driving me crazy(er) so here's some more Confessions.
"Jamie, what's wrong?" Sophie asked, seeing both her brother and Sammie looking strangely serious for their current situation.
"I just tried to call Mom. She couldn't hear me," Jamie said in a whisper, "She sounded like she was crying and I could hear police in the background. How long have I been gone?"
"Three weeks, give or take a few days," Sophie said, counting on her fingers.
"How long has it been since you've been home?"
Sophie had to think about that one.
"A week," Sammie answered for her.
"But I called her earlier! I remember because it was after Katherine made us eat lunch, but before I got to the chapter on mating rituals," Sophie defended herself.
"Why couldn't she hear me?" Jamie asked. Then what Sophie asked seemed to rejesture, "Wait, why were you reading about mating rituals?"
"I was reading up on Pookan culture, so I can understand Aster better. But that's not important. Why couldn't Mom hear you on the phone?"
"I might know," Sammie said, "While I was reading about Fearlings, it said that the Fearling made whoever it infected a spirit, if they weren't already. The antidote would purge the Fearling, but the infected person would remain a spirit."
"So you're saying I'm a spirit? Immortal and everything?" Jamie asked, eyes growing wide.
"I'm saying that's what the book suggests," Sammie said.
"So what now?" Jamie asked, looking between the girls.