How Torie Got Her Hex Back by M.J. Caan

Author:M.J. Caan [Caan, M.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-02-26T23:00:00+00:00

13

“I’m sorry, your what?” said an incredulous Torie.

Jasmin hadn’t taken her eyes off the locket. “You heard what I said.”

“I knew it!” exclaimed Opal, storming over to her sister. “I knew you were hiding something from me. All those years ago when you stopped answering my letters. You cut me out of your life, and I knew it had to be for something other than just what happened with Mom.”

Jasmin sat down heavily on the ground. She didn’t trust her legs to support her weight. The air around her was growing heavy and she felt herself beginning to gasp for breath.

“Hey, hey, it’s going to be okay,” said Torie, rushing to her friend’s side. She rubbed Jasmin’s back as she spoke softly to her. “Breathe…one breath at a time. Slow down…you’re okay.”

Jasmin audibly exhaled a couple of times before turning to Torie and her sister.

“Am I? Going to be okay?” Tears streamed down her face. “I can’t believe this is happening. After all these years of forcing myself to bury her and not think about her. Now, here she is, face to face with me.”

“Well, I guess that explains why she didn’t just kill us,” said Opal.

Torie gave her a stern look. “Jasmin, I don’t even know what to say.”

“I do,” said Opal, “how about, why didn’t you tell anyone you had a daughter? Are you even sure she is your daughter?”

Jasmin nodded, turning the locket over and over in her hand before holding it up by the chain.

“This is the only thing I left her with,” she said. “When I—” her voice faltered and she buried her face in her hands, letting her tears flow.

Torie sat beside her and threw an arm around her, drawing her in close. “Shhh, it’s okay. We can talk about this later.” She rocked her, letting Jasmin cry for what felt like hours.

Opal sat down beside her as well. She fished around in her bag and found a white handkerchief.

“It’s clean,” she said, offering it up. “I’m sorry for what I just said. I really need to learn to edit the things that come out of my mouth before I just spew them out. I can’t imagine what you went through that led you to make whatever decisions you had to make.”

Torie nodded. “If you need to tell us anything, you know you can. I’m not here to judge you; Lord knows I’m the last person who should be passing judgement. I’m here for you, and I support whatever you need.”

Jasmin took the white cloth and pressed it to her face, drying her eyes and cheeks.

“It was just after you left,” she said, turning to Opal. She took her sister’s hand and gave it a squeeze. “Gram had passed, and I just felt so alone. And tired. Tired in a way that I didn’t think was possible. The guilt I felt over Mom was more than I could bear. Couple with that the fact that I blamed myself for you leaving, and I was in a very dark place.

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