Liars and Fools by Robin Stevenson

Author:Robin Stevenson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: JUV000000, book
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 2010-10-04T04:00:00+00:00

thirteen

Abby had to go to church on Sunday, but afterward her mom dropped her off at Joni and Tom’s. I was already there, finishing off the deck of cards we’d made for our experiment. Five different cards, each with a different shape drawn on it in thick black marker.

Joni’s kitchen was warm and filled with cooking smells: onions, garlic, curry spices. I tossed the cards on the kitchen table, and Abby and I pulled up chairs. Joni was sitting across from us, wearing an old stretched-out sweater. She pushed her hair back from her face and looked at us expectantly.

“Okay, Joni,” I said. “This is the test for telepathy. I’ll look at a card and concentrate on the shape. I’ll try to project the image toward you. Take as long as you need before guessing.”

Abby leaned forward and planted her elbows on the kitchen table. “Not guessing, Fi. She’s supposed to wait until an image forms in her mind and then tell us which shape she sees.”

I frowned. “Same diff.”

“No, it’s not. Guessing implies she’s thinking about it. We don’t want her to think, we want her to intuit.”

“Intuit? Is that a word?”

Abby shrugged. “Use her intuition. Whatever.”

“Okay. Okay. I think I have the general idea,” Joni said.

Abby and I stopped arguing and looked across the table at her.

“Right,” I said. “Ready?”

“Whenever you are.”

I looked at the black circle on the first card, closed my eyes and tried to hold the image in my mind. “Okay. Take your time.”

“Circle,” Joni said.

My eyes flew open and I flipped the card around to face Joni. “That’s incredible.”

Abby grabbed the cards. “You’re not supposed to tell her how she did until the end of the test, remember? She has to do ten cards. And even by chance, you’d expect her to get a couple right.”

“Fine,” I said. “You try.”

She flipped a card up, hand cupped over it so Joni couldn’t see. Triangle.

Joni closed her eyes for a moment. “Square.”

Abby gave me a smug look. “See? Coincidence.”

“Maybe,” I said. “Or maybe you don’t project the image as clearly as I do.”

“Yeah, right. Anyway, since when do you believe in this?”

I scowled. “I don’t.”

Joni cleared her throat. “Could we get on with this? I actually have about a thousand things to do this afternoon.”

“Sorry,” Abby said quickly. “Ready for another?”

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