“Well, a summer of distance between the two of you will make things better,” Rafael said pragmatically.
“That’s what I’m hoping.”
Rafael watched me carefully for a few moments. “You haven’t talked about it.”
“What? Laura dying? What is there to say?”
“While that is traumatic,” Rafael replied casually, “the ‘it’ I was referring to was the magic.”
“I don’t know what to say about that either.”
“Have you tried to call upon your magic again?” Rafael’s tone was light but curious.
“Nope.”
“Are you going to?”
“Nope.”
“You’re being awful blasé about all of this.”
“That’s all I can be right now,” I replied honestly. “I’m still ... digesting everything.”
Rafael looked like he wanted to ask another question.
“Just ask,” I sighed wearily.
“Are you coming back?” he asked, although he looked like he dreaded the answer.
“To college? Or here specifically?”
“I guess both.”
“I’m coming back,” I said. “I don’t have a lot of choice in the matter. We’ve already put a down payment on a house off campus for next year.”
“Who?”
“Paris, Kelsey and I,” I answered. “We have two other girls who live down the hall moving in with us, too.”
Rafael looked concerned.
“Don’t worry. They seem harmless. No overt homicidal tendencies.”
The unspoken statement between us was that Laura had seemed innocent, too.
“Well, then,” Rafael said. “I guess I should wish you a good summer.”
“You, too,” I replied, having trouble meeting his worried gaze.
Rafael started to move away and then stopped, turning back to me with a small smile on his face. “You never know,” he said. “I’ve been wanting to check out that part of the state for a while now. Maybe I’ll pay you a visit.”
He was gone into the night before I could answer.
So much for a supernatural free summer.
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