Gasp by McMann Lisa

Author:McMann, Lisa [McMann, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Social Issues, Dating & Sex, Juvenile Fiction, Paranormal, Love & Romance, Death & Dying
ISBN: 9781442466319
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: 2014-06-03T07:00:00+00:00

Twenty-Nine

Trey looks up from Ben’s computer. “There are two ferry services that cross Lake Michigan,” he reports. “One sails round-trip from Manitowoc, Wisconsin, to Ludington, Michigan, and the other goes between Milwaukee and Muskegon, Michigan.”

Rowan, looking at her phone, chimes in triumphantly, “And the second one is white on top and blue on the bottom.”

I turn to see her phone. “That’s the Milwaukee one?”

“Yes.” She shows it to Tori. “Is that it?”

“Wow,” Tori says. “Yes, that’s totally it. You guys are good.”

I look at Trey. Milwaukee is a good hour-and-a-half drive from home. “So, Milwaukee. Is that within our, um, jurisdiction?”

Tori turns sharply, a look of fear in her eyes. “What do you mean? Can’t you guys help me? Is there another team of you vision-solver people up there?”

Trey gives me a dirty look. “As far as we know, there aren’t any other weirdos like us anywhere,” he says to Tori. “So of course we’ll go to Milwaukee.”

And as much as I wanted to call this one off at one point, I’m glad Trey isn’t going to give me a hard time about going forward. Because deep down I am fully committed, and there’s no way I can let Tori deal with this on her own when the reason it’s happening to her is because of me.

We pack up our things to leave and let Tori get some rest. Before I go, she asks, “Did I do all right?”

I lean down to her in the chair and give her a hug around the shoulders. “You did great,” I say. “We’ve narrowed down one of the most important components—the where. Now all we need to figure out is when it happens.” I groan inwardly, because the when has been a constant difficulty in this process.

“And how you’re going to save everybody.”

“Right.” I haven’t even thought about that part yet—the impossible part. “So if you have any ideas, feel free to pass them along.” I manage a weak smile.

“I will.”

“And play around some more with the vision. If you have a DVR, you can pause, rewind, and fast-forward whenever you catch it on TV too, you know. Let me know if you find anything new.” I turn to join the others outside, but then hesitate. “Where’s your mother?”

Tori grins sleepily. “I told her that if she hung around during this meeting, I was going to hitch a ride with you guys to UC to recover in my dorm room.”

I laugh. “I don’t know how you handled it, being in the hospital with her there all the time. Did she ever leave?”

“Not often,” Tori says. “I tried to get her to go to the cafeteria when I knew you were coming, but she decided she wasn’t hungry.” She rolls her eyes. “But,” she adds, with a kinder smile, “I’m pretty much all she has. My dad died when I was a baby, so . . .” She shrugs. “I cut her some slack on the smothering.”

“I’m sorry,” I say.

“It’s okay. I don’t remember him.

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