The Thought Readers by Dima Zales

Author:Dima Zales [Zales, Dima]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
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Publisher: Mozaika Publications
Published: 2014-10-01T04:00:00+00:00

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I’m back in the Quiet, looking at Sara. Much of my anger has dissipated. How can I be angry after I just experienced how this woman feels about me? I feel a pang of guilt for having invaded my mother’s privacy to get the truth, but it’s over and done with now.

I walk toward myself and touch my elbow.

Though I’m out of the Quiet, Sara is still pretty much motionless, waiting for my reaction.

“I don’t know what to say,” I say truthfully.

“It’s okay. It’s a lot to process,” Lucy says.

“You think?” I say unkindly, and immediately regret it when she winces.

“I’m sorry it took us so long to tell you,” Sara says, looking guilty.

“Even today, you told me under duress,” I say, unable to resist. I guess I still feel bitter about that—about being kept in the dark for so long.

“I guess that’s true,” Sara admits. “Like Lucy said, we had a hard time talking about this for years. Once you don’t talk about something, it becomes this strange taboo. But if you didn’t already know, what were you asking about before?” She gives me a puzzled look.

“Never mind that now,” I say. No way am I ready to spout some crazy talk about being part of a secret group of people who can freeze time and get into the minds of others. I was only going to bring that up when I thought Sara was a Reader herself. “The most important thing is that what you told me doesn’t change anything for me.”

I know from just Reading her mind that this is what she most wants to hear. I mean it, too. Yes, I’m mad and confused now, but I know with time what I just said will be one hundred percent true. It will be as though this adoption conversation never happened.

For those words, I’m rewarded by the expressions of relief on their faces.

“If you don’t mind, I want to go home right now. I need to digest all this,” I tell them. This is riskier. I know they would rather I stay and hang out. But I really am beyond exhaustion at this point.

“Sure,” Sara says, but I can tell she’s disappointed.

“We’re here to answer any questions you might have,” Lucy says. Her expression is harder to read.

Lucy is right. I might have questions later. But for now, I kiss and hug them before getting out of there as quickly as I can.

The drive to Tribeca happens as if in a dream. I only become cognizant of the actual mechanics of it when I start wondering where to park. Parking in the city is a huge pain, and is the reason I don’t own a car. I opt for one of the paid parking lots, despite having to pay something outrageous for it tomorrow. Right now, I don’t care. Anything to get home.

Once I get to my apartment, all I have the energy to do is eat and shower. After that, I fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow.

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