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"Mama?" I used the name I’d called her as a child, andher pulse, strong and sure "Are you … are you okay?"

"I knew you could do it" Her voice eak, and then she was crying

I touched her face, held her hands Felt the overwhel water

"I could hear I kne you tried to save me How you blamed yourself, and I knehen your father calimpse of Dad behind me

"Liam?"

He rushed past htbulb and electrical appliance in the room blew at once

I turned to sneak out, to give them time to reconnect, but my mother called out to me

"Kaleb?"

I turned around

"Where’s Lily?"

My irl" Mouess she did

Chapter 55

Lily and I escaped to the front porch

"Are you okay?" Lily asked, putting her hand on my shoulder I covered it with " I stared across the dewy grass and breathed in the s But it wasn’t a fresh start "Emerson and Michael …"

"There’s hope" I heard it in her voice, felt it in her soul

"Lily? What aren’t you telling lass is"

"What? How?"

"I lied to Teague Once I figured out the Infinityglass was a person, I looked for it on the map It’s in Louisiana, near New Orleans We can save them, Kaleb" Her slass, and we canokay"

I touched the bruise on her cheek, ran oing to let a fat lip stop you," she said