Homecoming by Lizzie Vega

Author:Lizzie Vega [Vega, Lizzie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-11-21T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26

The exchange of hugs and pleasantries was brief once Tess and Liam saw the urgency in Terra’s face. Olivia just sat at the kitchen island, stone faced and clutching her phone in her hands.

“What’s happening,” Tess asked her immediately, “Ollie, what have you seen?”

“That’s just it,” the girl answered tearfully, her chin trembling, “It’s s-stopped…a while ago. My dreams are mostly normal stuff now.” She held up her phone to them, “Then this happened. Mom’s in trouble.”

Alarmed at the disclosure, Liam stood back up, “Where is she? We should-” Terra caught his arm, “We will. But there’s something you need to see.” She looked at Tess, “Both of you. I have no idea what this is.”

“Call Angela,” he suggested.

“Call Colin, or…” Tess quickly added, “call everybody.”

“No,” Terra only shook her head, “This stays within our immediate family. Definitely not Colin or Angela, at least not yet.” She sighed heavily, “I think Shannon has started something and it’s either suddenly out of her control or,” she glanced sharply at Olivia, “or there’s another angle. We want you both to see something.”

As Olivia set her phone on the counter, Terra pulled hers from her pocket and did the same. Olivia’s voice was shaky, “We had a little incident here last night. Karly was over for dinner and homework…we didn’t get that far.”

Liam’s brow was on overtime as he pulled a bar stool next to Tess, “I uh, think I can speak for both of us for the adoption. I’m-”

“We’re honored,” Tess interrupted, but her brief grin faded as Olivia’s tears spilled down her cheeks, “but what about Eliza and Issac?”

“They’ll be over shortly. We wanted for you to see this first.” Terra tipped her phone at them, “You’ve both had more extensive, more…” Now Terra’s eyes brimmed.

“Darker,” Tess assisted, “Farther out in the other worlds.”

“Terra wants Angela and Colin out of this,” Olivia sniffled, “Seems they’re only helpful when it’s handy for them.” She took a deep breath, “I sorta checked out at dinner last night. It was Karly’s idea to film what happened with her phone.”

“Well, that was a good idea,” Liam said quietly, “She’s perceptive that way.”

Oliva nodded, “Oh you just wait. As far as the family thing goes, she wants to be your little sister. I hear that, like once a week now.”

Despite the tension, Tess chuckled, “Well, that’s differ-” Terra quickly cleared her throat.

“-safe,” Tess finished. “Let’s see what you’ve got here.”

“The conversation during dinner sorta came to a halt last night,” Terra began, “Ollie reached across the island for another helping and she froze.”

“Gets weird after that cuz I don’t remember a thing. This is a forward from Karly’s phone. Terra has another view.”

“Mine is shakier,” Terra confessed, “this scared the crap out of me until I saw Karly. It was weird.”

“She was calm, wasn’t she?” Liam asked, “I’ve never seen anyone so hyperaware of her surroundings.”

“Listen for her in the video,” Terra said quietly, “as I don’t think her vocabulary normally includes Latin. There’s a lot going on and then it ends.

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