The Transparency Tonic by Frank L. Cole

Author:Frank L. Cole
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shadow Mountain Publishing
Published: 2018-11-12T17:45:41+00:00

Adilene blew her nose into a paper towel and stared at her reflection in the girls’ bathroom mirror. After hearing Sasha describe Projecting, she couldn’t keep herself from running from the cafeteria and leaving Gordy and Max behind. How could she have been so foolish? What made her any more special than the thousands of other girls her age who were born without the potion-making gift? Nothing was going to change. Adilene knew that, but it didn’t make Sasha’s words any less painful. She swallowed as more tears threatened to spill down her cheeks.

“Why are you crying?” someone asked from behind her.

Adilene wiped her eyes and whirled around in embarrassment. She flinched in surprise when she saw Cadence sitting on the radiator beneath the bathroom window.

Covering her mouth with a paper towel, Adilene peered around to see if anyone else had followed Cadence into the room. “Where did you come from?”

Cadence pointed at the door. “I wanted to come and see you again.”

“In the bathroom?” Adilene scrunched her nose.

“Well, no, but I can’t really walk into your classroom. It’s not my school, you know? I saw you run in here, and you looked sad. Why are you sad?”

“I’m not sad,” Adilene lied. “I just have a cold.”

Cadence squinted and shook her head. “You don’t have to be ashamed. I heard what that girl told you in the lunchroom.”

“You heard that?” Adilene wiped her nose with a paper towel and tossed it into the trash can.

“I was there, but you didn’t see me.” Cadence held up a vial of inky-blue liquid identical to the one Adilene had in her backpack. The one she had almost showed Gordy before Sasha had arrived.

“You were invisible?” Adilene asked.

Cadence nodded. “Why didn’t Gordy stick up for you? Why did he listen to that girl?”

“He did stick up for me,” Adilene protested. “Why aren’t you in school?”

Cadence’s smile faltered, but then she composed herself. “It’s like I told you,” she said. “I’m homeschooled.”

Homeschooled? Had she told her that? Adilene tried to remember the conversation the two of them had shared on Saturday. “But you’re not at home right now.”

“I know. I took a break to come see you.” Cadence looked sympathetic. “And I’m glad I did.”

“I have to go back. My lunch is almost over, and then I have class. You should probably go too. Is your Uncle Carlisle somewhere?”

Cadence nodded. “He’s outside the bathroom waiting for me.”

Adilene looked at the bathroom door and shuddered. She hoped Cadence hadn’t noticed, but the thought of her creepy uncle loitering in the hallway gave her the heebie-jeebies.

“Here’s what you should do.” Cadence climbed down from the radiator. “You should try that potion I gave you. You brought the bottle, right?”

Adilene glanced at her backpack. “I did, but I wanted to show it to Gordy first.”

Cadence nodded. “Don’t you think you should try it first, before you show him?”

“I don’t know.”

“You don’t trust me, do you?” Cadence asked.

“It’s not that,” Adilene answered, folding her arms. “I just . .

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