The Devil and Me Ch 04
I felt a sickening thud in my stomach as I realized that there was no hope. I couldn’t talk my way out of this. Maybe Lucy could do some kind of whammy on Mom’s mind, but then she’d be someone other than the woman I’d grown to love in more ways than one. I couldn’t bear to have something like that happen to her, even if it meant we could never share moments like the one we’d shared in her bedroom. I could feel that Mom had heard the thoughts I’d just been thinking. I sensed comforting yet still...