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not.”
    â€œOh.” Liam looked momentarily deflated. Then he brightened. “Okay, then how about an outer space theme? I did that for my ninth birthday, and it was really fun.”
    Megan looked dismayed. “Um . . . ,” she began.
    â€œNo way,” Lavender said bluntly. “Look, Cassie. You need to have a real party—no stupid themes, no monsters or space aliens.” She glared at Liam, then glanced around the room. “But now that I’m here, this place is definitely way too small. Have you checked into the hotel option?”
    â€œHotel option?” Caitlyn echoed. “What are you talking about?”
    â€œThere’s a really nice hotel in Six Oaks,” Megan explained. “Lots of people throw parties in their ballroom.”
    â€œSounds nice,” Cait said. “But also expensive.”
    â€œI’m sure it’s not that bad.” Lav shrugged. “Anyway, you only turn twelve once, right?”
    â€œDidn’t you hear her?” Bianca spoke up. “Shesaid it’s too expensive. And it’s their party, not yours.”
    Lavender’s head whipped around to stare. That was probably the most I’d ever heard from Bianca.
    â€œExcuse me?” Lavender exclaimed. “You don’t have to be rude!”
    â€œApparently I do,” Bianca shot back. “Because you’re not listening to anything anyone says.”
    â€œGuys, guys,” Caitlyn said soothingly. “Let’s not fight, okay?”
    Easy for her to say—her friend had started it! But going off on my sister wouldn’t help. Instead I touched the key necklace, which for some reason I found oddly comforting.
    â€œCaitlyn’s right,” Megan spoke up. “Let’s just talk about the party, okay?”
    â€œThat’s what I was trying to do.” Lavender glared at Bianca. “Until she got all in my face.”
    Liam blinked. “No, she didn’t,” he said. “She just said—”
    â€œI heard what she said,” Lavender cut him off. “Unfortunately.”
    Bianca didn’t respond. She wasn’t really looking at anyone.
    â€œSorry, Cait,” she said softly, standing up. “Could I use your bathroom?”
    â€œSure,” Cait said. “Down the hall, first door on the right.”
    Bianca nodded and headed that way. As she passed me, her arm brushed mine.
    I gasped as a vision hit me hard and fast. It was Bianca, of course. Her face was so clear that it was impossible to miss how upset she looked as she rushed past a sign that read SIX OAKS HOSPITAL: ENTRANCE .

7
CAITLYN
    I WATCHED BIANCA disappear down the hall, a little worried. What had that outburst been about? It seemed out of character for her to fight with anyone—even Lavender Adams at her most annoying.
    Then again, I hadn’t known Bianca very long. I glanced at Liam. He didn’t look particularly worried, which made me relax a little.
    I tensed up again as Cassie rushed over to me. “I need to talk to you in private,” she hissed. “Now.”
    â€œHuh?” I blurted out.
    She dragged me toward the back hallway. “We’ll be right back,” she called to the others.
    â€œYeah,” I added. “Right back.” I could only hope Lavender and Megan wouldn’t team up and kick Liam out of the house before I returned.
    Cassie pulled me past our bedroom and out the door leading onto the tiny back deck. The sun was glaring down without a cloud to be seen, and I felt myself start to sweat instantly.
    â€œWhat is it?” I demanded. “It’s boiling out here.”
    She finally let go of my arm and turned to face me. “I just had a vision,” she said. “About Bianca.”
    â€œWhat? When?”
    â€œJust now, when she bumped into me on her way past.” She told me what she’d seen.
    â€œThe hospital?” I exclaimed. “Did it look like she was