Topaz Dreams by Patricia Rice

Author:Patricia Rice [Rice, Patricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Book View Cafe

Seventeen

June 30: afternoon

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Still irked by Kurt’s dismissal of Hillvale and his own damned history, Teddy opened the box her office had express shipped. “Do you think we should just stick with showing the crystals for now, or should I set out some of the less expensive jewelry?”

“Jewelry,” Syd said decisively, removing crystals from the floor display case to add to the shelves she’d been decorating. “Show them how the crystals can be used, encourage them to wear pieces that accentuate their powers.”

“But maybe not the aquamarine pieces,” Teddy said dryly, removing a jewel case from the box. “No point driving off the customers with honesty.”

Syd leaned over to admire the pieces in the box. “I love the aquamarine. Maybe it affects different people different ways? How much experimenting have you done?”

“Not much. Things kind of started falling apart about the time I learned the crystals might affect more than just me. I was thinking if I could scale back expenses by living up here for a while, I might have more time to explore.” Teddy sat back on her heels to admire the sparkle of one of her more elaborate necklace designs.

“That’s a miniature chandelier. You need someone with size Ds to wear that. Did you design it for yourself?” Syd asked, picking through and finding daintier pieces to drape on her more slender frame.

Teddy laughed. “Probably. I don’t really give it much thought when I start wiring up the sparkly bits. They just kind of call out to each other and I listen. So it’s my id doing the talking?”

“Or responding,” Syd said with a shrug. “We didn’t come with instruction books. We learn by doing.” She checked on Mia and Jeb busily scribbling fish on construction paper. “I wish I could teach them better than we were taught.”

“I don’t think you can teach kids the correct way of hearing ghosts. Just accepting that Mia can should be enough for now. It’s not that any of our extra gifts are of much use, but we shouldn’t have to pretend we don’t have them.”

Although she had done that most of her life. From harsh experience as a child, she’d discovered that knowing things others didn’t had made her different. And when her Inner Monitor had hurt her one too many times, she’d figured out how to shut it down. After a while, it had been easier to just leave it off. Only after learning her crystals actually affected others had she gained the courage to explore her odd ability. If she’d been brought up in an environment that encouraged her oddity, she might be further along the path to enlightenment.

“Hiding Mia’s gift would be like hiding a wart on her face,” Syd said in exasperation. “She really will have to control it when she’s older or risk being ostracized. Our gifts are a little easier. People just think we’re intelligent or creative.” Syd pinned a red fish on the wall.

Teddy laughed. “And still despise us for being different, unless we hide our light under a barrel as women have done for centuries.

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