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followed, continuing to be his usual nosey self, and of course Hudson appeared behind him seconds later.
    “Lucy, I didn’t ask you if I could see him.” I responded calmly, doing my best to ignore their presence.
    She leaned against the sink, using her hands to balance. “I’m sorry. I assumed you wanted to date this man.” The hard lines of her face relaxed as she smiled relieved.
    “No, you assumed right.”
    The hard lines instantly returned, and she pushed her glasses higher on the bridge of her nose.
    I felt a lump the size of Texas rise into my throat. I had never defied Lucy or challenged her in any way.
    Hudson and Whit shot a quick look at each other, their eyes wide . Anticipation crackled in the air. Given my defiance, anything short of a global crisis was about to happen.
    “Aldo, he is too old for you.” She scolded, like a mother would speak to her child, telling them how silly they are.
    “U nder normal circumstances you would be right—”
    “Under any circumstance , I am right!” She made a condescending laugh.
    “I’m not normal.”
    “That’s for sure.” Whit added one of his usual unwelcomed, sarcastic remarks.
    “What are you? Ten? ” I shot glare at him. “None of us are normal. I found someone like me and I want to know him. He’s just a friend. I’m not dating him. Do you guys mind?” I turned to my brothers who remained engrossed in our conversation.
    “Like we wouldn’t find out anyway, Aldo,” Hudson snorted.
    “Quit being such a spaz ,” Whit followed. I groaned becoming more frustrated with their presence.
    “Aldo, there are boys y our age—”
    I interrupted her. “ Not like him. Not who know what it’s like to move around, afraid of being found by vampires, and knowing your purpose in life is to give, give, give.” I started to tear up, but held back as my brothers would surely have teased me. “Besides, we’re only friends,” I reiterated again, disappointed at the truth of it.
    “What did you say?” Whit asked.
    “What?” I tried to remember my babbling.
    “Did yo u say vampires?” Whit’s dark eyes stared at me with bewilderment.
    Lucy shot me a look, and I knew it was her way of saying, Way to go dipshit .
    “Did Thomas tell you this?” She removed her glasses and wiped the lens with her shirt. “Did he tell you that?” she asked again as she placed her glasses back on.
    “Well, yes. I mean, no. I figured it out in my dreams. He never actually said it.”
    “Did you tell him about your dreams?” Her stare told me I’d be in big trouble if I answered yes.
    “No.” I made a point to control my heartbeat. Lucy forbade me to tell anyone about my gift to absorb information.
    “His name is Thomas?” Hudson asked from the kitchen doorway with a look of confusion on his face. Leave it to Hudson to completely miss the atomic bomb I just dropped about vampires and focus on the random, insignificant part.
    “Wh at did you see?” Lucy whispered, stepping towards me.
    “Why are you whispering, Lucy?” Whit whispered mockingly. “Everyone is in here.”
    Lucy rolled her eyes at him.
    “A vampire drinking blood f rom a woman.” I left out the part about Thomas holding the baby because it still didn’t make any sense, and she already didn’t want me seeing him. That would freak her out even more.
    Lucy huffed and stormed out of the kitchen.
    Whit made a stupid face, mocking me because I was in trouble.
    As I walked by him to follow Lucy, I smacked him on the forehead with the palm of my hand so hard it made my skin sting.
    He grunted, but couldn’t retaliate because by the time he got to me I was already near Lucy. I s at on our couch across from her, followed by my brother entourage. Her hands shook, and I could tell she was very upset by my revelation.
    “Why didn’t you just tell us?”
    Lucy picked up her knitting, a blanket she had been making for me, and focused on it. “Tell you what?” She tried to play dumb.
    “Come on, Lucy.