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“Do you know this girl?” his mom asked, looking at us.
“What does she look like?” I finally managed to ask.
“She is very pretty. Short, small. She has brown hair and green eyes,” she said.
“Oh, fuck it is her!” Nick yelled.
I was frozen, my heart beating in my chest. She was here.
“When was this mom?” Nick asked.
“I’m not telling you anything more until you tell me what is going on. Gabriel looks like he is going to pass out,” she said, frowning.
Nick elbowed me. “Tell her.”
“I don’t know who she is,” I sighed. “I saw her a couple of days ago in front of my hair salon and I felt this connection to her. She ran away before I could speak to her. And it has been bugging me since. I feel something for her, but I don’t know what it is. And I have been trying to find her.”
His mom was in deep thought.
“Could it be a mate thing?” she finally asked me.
“No. It can’t be. We warlocks don’t have mates,” I said, shaking my head.
“I know. But you never know. Maybe you would be the first couple to discover it,” she shrugged.
I don’t like this idea. I don’t want a mate. I had a couple of werewolf friends and I saw what a mate bond does to you.
“It’s not a mate bond. I’m sure of it. It’s something else,” I said looking at her. “I don’t feel the need to, sorry for my language Mrs. Black, fuck her.”
Nick laughed at my apology and his mom started thinking again.
“I don’t know what it could be,” she said. “I hope she will come back so you can talk to her.”
And then it dawned on me.
“Wait, you said she is leaving the city?” I asked, feeling the anger coming.
“Look, mom, Gabe told you everything. We need you to tell us exactly what happened,” Nick spoke slowly.
Mrs. Black looked at me and took my hand. She must have sensed how tense I was, and she wanted to comfort me. I was grateful to her, but I needed her to start talking.
“Of course, I will tell you everything, Gabriel. I see this is important to you,” she said looking at me with love in her eyes.
“It happened around 1:30 pm. I was in the kitchen making coffee and I looked out the window,” she finally started talking. “I saw this pretty girl standing in front of your house, staring at it. I thought she would knock on your door, but she didn’t move. I got out and asked her if I could help her. She asked about Claudia, and I told her she died.”
My heart tugged painfully at the mention of my grandma. I nodded for her to continue. Nick was all ears beside me.
“She looked surprised, and I asked her how she knew Claudia. I have never seen this girl before. She said her grandma was friends with Claudia and told her to come and look for her. I told her about you and said if she wanted, she could speak to you. She said she would come if she had time before leaving the city. But she never said when she was leaving. She left after that. Said her friend was waiting for her.”
I felt anger, sadness and a small glimpse of hope mixing in me. Could I wait for her to come to me? She said maybe. Could I live with maybe? I don’t think so.
“Did she have a car?” Nick’s voice interrupted my thoughts.
“No. She was on foot,” his mom answered.
Nick turned to me. “She can’t be far then, dude. She went to her friend. The one who came to the hotel with her. She has to live nearby.”
Hope grew stronger in me.
