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I glanced at my desk then back at Matt. “Give me a few minutes to get things wrapped up here, and then I can meet you at my house.”
“No, no, I can’t drive. I can’t trust myself to do anything!”
I stared at him, fighting the urge to walk over and slap the sense back into him and yell that he needed to get his shit together. Instead, I gave him another nod. “I’ll come get you when I’m ready to leave.”
As I watched Matt leave my office and shut the door, I rounded my desk and picked up my phone.
“Hey!” Hollie said after it only rang once. “How’s it going?”
She was way too chipper.
“Hollie, what did you do?”
“Do? Why? Do you feel…different? Ready to admit that you have the gift?”
I paused. Looking at my closed office door, I shut my eyes and sighed. “Oh holy hell.”
Hollie
The tone of Lucas’s voice was lower than normal—a clear indication that he knew I’d put a spell on him. I ignored the million questions I wanted to ask him. Did he feel different? Had he noticed it right away? Was he ready to admit the truth?
“Hollie, I’m bringing Matt home for dinner.”
Frowning, I said, “Matt? Okay. But I thought you wanted to plan out what we were going to grill for the Fourth of July party.”
“I do. We will. I’ve got a lot to talk to you about, so I’m leaving now. See you in a bit.”
Something was wrong. Very wrong.Shit. Shit. Shit.
“Okay, I love you. Be careful driving.”
“Love you too.”
The call ended, and I looked over at Lucy, Sarah, and my mother. Sarah clearly saw the worry on my face, because she said, “Well?”
Lucy and Mom exchanged a look. It hadn’t taken Lucy or my mother long to piece together the one-sided conversation—plus I was sure the covert glances between Sarah and I weren’t helping.
“You didn’t,” Lucy said. Turning to look at Sarah, she asked, “You helped her?”
“I had to! I was also curious to see if Lucas has the gift!” Sarah stated.
Lucy closed her eyes and my mother sighed.
“Let me guess, something went wrong?” Lucy asked.
I wrung my hands together. “I’m not sure. Lucas didn’t seem very happy, and he said he was bringing Matt over here.”
“Matt?” Sarah asked. “Why?”
“I don’t know, but when he asked that stupid dreaded question…what did you do,”I said in a lowered voice, “I had a feeling he wasn’t talking about himself.”
Sarah gasped and put her hand to her mouth. We all turned to look at her.
“What is it?” I asked.
“A few hours after the three of us cast the spell today, I ran into Matt. As we were talking, I had this strange, out-of-body experience. Something told me to kiss him, and I did. It was like I couldn’t even control myself. How scary is that?” Sarah said with a nervous laugh.
“You wanted the kiss,” Mom said while Lucy nodded.
