Double Vision by Tia Mowry

Author:Tia Mowry
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2015-02-19T05:00:00+00:00

10

CAITLYN

“WANT TO PLAY a game?” Liam asked as we walked into the school library for study hall Tuesday afternoon. He grinned, flicking his hair off his forehead. “I know how to unblock games on the school computers.”

“Can’t,” Bianca said. “I need to do research for my social studies project.” She wandered off toward the stacks without waiting for a response.

“Caitlyn? How about you?” Liam looked at me hopefully.

I didn’t answer. Gabe had just stalked into the library. He glanced around, his cold eyes settling on me. I swallowed hard as he headed our way.

“Hey,” he said, his voice gruff. “You live in that junky little place on Granite Street, right?”

“Why are you asking?” I said cautiously.

His eyes narrowed. “Just making conversation,” he snapped. “Anyway, you don’t have to answer. I have ways of finding stuff out, okay? My family’s lived in this town forever. We belong here, and it doesn’t pay to cross us. Don’t forget that.”

He spun on his boot heel and hurried off. I watched him go, feeling troubled. With everything else that had been going on, I’d almost forgotten about Gabe’s weird comments that first day.

“I still don’t know why he thinks my mom stole his uncle’s job,” I said to Liam. “I want to ask Mom, but Cassie’s been giving her fits lately, and, well, I kind of don’t want to get into it.”

“Yeah,” Liam said sympathetically. “All I know is his uncle was a cop for years. But he retired a couple of months ago.”

“So he’s old?”

“Not really. He’s younger than my parents, I think.”

“Why’d he retire, then?” I asked.

Liam shrugged. “Something about his family? There was an article on the town website, but I didn’t really read it. I can pull it up for you if you want.”

“Sure.” I dropped my schoolbag on the table next to a free computer terminal. “Thanks.”

Within seconds I was scanning the article. It was only about six lines long, mentioning Charles Campbell’s years of distinguished service as an officer of the law as well as his earlier status as a high school football hero.

“‘We wish Mr. Campbell the best of luck as he takes this opportunity to spend more time with his family,’” I read aloud. That was it—the article ended there. “Hmm. Not very specific.”

“Yeah.” Liam didn’t seem too interested. “So what do you say? Want to play a game?”

“Rain check?” I said, still staring at the article. It hadn’t told me much. Oh, well—Gabe wasn’t my biggest problem right now, so I did my best to forget about him. “I wanted to research something today, too, actually,” I told Liam.

“Oh.” He looked slightly disappointed. “You don’t really have to start your social studies project yet, you know. Bianca always does all her homework as early as she can. She can’t help herself.”

“It’s not that.” I hesitated, not sure how much to tell him. Liam already felt like a true friend, but that didn’t mean I was ready to confide in him about my visions just yet.

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