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"I don't know anyone there," I point out.
"Luckily, I do. I helped the receptionist's family with a ghost problem just after I started at the academy. I should be able to get us an appointment for tomorrow."
I raise an eyebrow. "That quickly?"
"It's amazing what a little favour can do to grease the wheels." She taps on her phone. "Sent."
"Thank you," I say with all the earnestness I'm feeling. I wouldn't have even managed getting this far with Juliet.
"You're welcome. What lesson do you have free tomorrow?"
"The third and fourth sessions," I answer.
"Okay, I'll see if I can get us an appointment for then," she promises.
"Thanks."
She waves it away. "I'll see you tomorrow." She's out of the room before I can say anything else.
"Do you want to put the movie back on?" Mathias asks.
I shake my head. "I don't think I'll be able to focus." Partly because I'll be thinking about what he said when Juliet interrupted us, but I'm not about to tell him that's the reason.
"Okay. I'll leave you to get some rest." He smiles at me, seemingly unaware of how much I'm still hurting.
"Mmhmm." I nod at the same time.
"Sleep well, Sxye."
"You too."
The door clicks shut behind him, leaving me alone in my room.
I sigh and collapse back on the bed, staring up at the ceiling and trying to come to terms with everything that's happened in the past few hours. I'm not sure which part I'm supposed to be focusing on the most, but my mind keeps replaying Mathias' denial over and over.
How do I move forward from this? I thought the two of us were heading somewhere, but if that's the way he feels, I'm clearly wrong.
I take a deep breath. It doesn't matter. One thing at a time. I still have to work with him as my reaping partner, so I need to work out how to put my feelings about him to the side and do my job. I don't want this to come between us and finding out what happened to Erica's baby.
Or between me and finding out what happened to my own family.
I have to focus on the important things. I'll work out how things need to be with Mathias once I'm done with the rest of it.
Now if only my heart would get on board with that plan.
6
Juliet is almost bouncing as we make our way down the street and towards our destination. True to her word, she managed to get us an appointment at the local Supernatural Retrieval Agency station. I know several reapers come and go from the building all the time, but I haven't had a reason to go in myself yet. I certainly didn't think the first time would be to find out about a family member of mine.
The station doesn't look the way I expect it to. In my mind, whenever anyone talked about it, it was something grand and magical, like the academy. Instead, I'm standing in something that looks like every police station I've seen on TV. It's rather dull compared to what my imagination pulled up.
Juliet doesn't seem phased by it. But that's not a surprise. If she helped the receptionist, she's probably been here before. She's also had more time being a practising reaper than I have, considering she enrolled at the beginning of the year rather than in a random week like I did.
She approaches the front desk with the same natural confidence she normally exudes. I trail behind her, hyper-aware that no one here knows me or why I'm here.
"Hi, George. How are you?"
"Juliet, how lovely to see you. I'm good. We had a memorial for Sandrine a couple of weeks ago thanks to you, it was beautiful."
