Double Dare by Tia Mowry

Author:Tia Mowry
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2017-03-16T16:00:00+00:00

9

CASSIE

“CHECK IT OUT,” I said as we rounded the corner onto our block that afternoon. “She’s here.”

The limo was parked by the curb again. I sped up, Caitlyn at my heels. She waved at Al, who was in the front seat of the car with the window rolled down.

When we neared the front door, the sound of muffled yelling came from inside. “Uh-oh,” Caitlyn said. “Sounds like Mom is here, too. And she’s not happy.”

I shrugged. “What else is new lately?”

They both shut up when we stepped in. “Girls,” Grandmother Lockwood said. “I’m glad you’re home. We have much to discuss.”

I glanced at Mom, who was glowering but silent. “Cool,” I said. “Let’s discuss, then.”

We all sat down at the table. Grandmother Lockwood had her purse with her again. Was the diary in there? She didn’t make any move to take it out. Was she keeping it hidden from Mom?

She clasped her hands in front of her. “Today I’d like to fill you in on the history of the Lockwood family. The first known instance of the Sight occurred in a woman called Caroline Elizabeth Lockwood, who was born in the mid-eighteenth century.”

She rambled on for a while about various long-dead Lockwoods. I tapped my foot under the table, trying to stay patient.

But what can I say? I’m not a patient person.

“Is this really important right now?” I burst out at last, interrupting her monologue about some guy named Cecil Lockwood. “I mean, shouldn’t we be talking more about what’s happening with us today?”

Grandmother Lockwood frowned. “I’ll thank you not to interrupt, Cassandra.”

Just then Mom’s phone buzzed. She pulled it out and frowned as she read the text.

“Seriously?” she muttered. Then she looked up. “I got called in for a meeting at work.”

“Now?” Caitlyn said in surprise.

Mom shrugged and stood. “Duty calls,” she said. “I’ll be back as soon as I can.”

This time she didn’t gripe about us talking to our grandmother without her. I wondered if it had to do with the boring history lesson. Come to think of it, a meeting at the cop shop sounded a lot more exciting than more of that.

As soon as Mom was gone, our grandmother cleared her throat. “All right, girls,” she said. “We’ll continue with the family history at a later time. Let’s move on to other topics.”

I sat up, relieved. “Cool,” I said. “Cait and I both had visions today we wanted to talk to you about.”

“Later,” she replied. “I’d like to do some testing while Deidre isn’t here to interfere.”

Whoa, okay. Now we were getting somewhere. Glancing over, I saw that Caitlyn seemed alarmed.

“Fine,” I said before she could protest. “Let’s do it.”

“But—” Caitlyn began.

“It’ll be fine,” I told her. “You’re the one who keeps wanting to know how this whole deal works, right?”

“Yeah.” She still looked troubled, but she nodded at our grandmother. “Okay. What are we going to do?”

Grandmother Lockwood took the diary out of her purse and asked if we had the talisman. When I pulled it out from under my shirt and showed her, she nodded.

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