Gifted Connections 4

“You should go,” Jace said quietly as he gently took my chin and raised it up to meet his eyes.

“You’re all supposed to go,” Ella stated.

My head whipped around to look at her. “What do you mean Ella?”

She shrugged before taking a sip of her drink. “I don’t know. I can’t see it clearly, but I feel it. You all need to go…with Micah and Kade.”

Lincoln seemed displeased by the notion, but then he nodded.

“Then I’ll book a flight for ten,” Lincoln commented.

For someone who was just immersed into our lives days ago, after years of not knowing how in-depth our community was, he was taking it amazingly well. I’m sure in normal circumstances he would have insisted that he wasn’t going to take me along with eight other people across the country on the whim of a seven-year-old.

“No need to,” Will cleared his throat. “I’ll call my pilot tonight.”

“No,” Ella shook her head as she looked over at Troy. “Troy needs to tell that man you want the bigger helicopter.”

We all looked at Troy.

“Leo messaged me this morning. He has a buddy that’s selling a helicopter. It seats sixteen,” Troy said with a dumbfounded expression. You would think we would be accustomed to Ella’s bombs by now. “I was thinking about it, but I didn’t know if I wanted to invest that kind of money yet.”

“So I will,” Will stated before sitting back in his seat.

“Pops,” Troy said in a long-suffering sigh. “I appreciate it. I have the money, I just…” He shrugged as h

is voice trailed off. “I guess I’m buying a helicopter.”

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When we returned to base, I had utterly forgotten that Jace had told Greg that we were going to try to work with Harry. My footsteps stuttered as I saw Hazel, Greg, and Miranda standing outside our apartment door.

“I know you already had dinner, but we brought dessert.” Miranda held up a decadent looking chocolate cake. “Don’t worry, I didn’t bake it,” Miranda said self-deprecatingly.

“It came from that amazing bakery in town,” Hazel added.

“We also brought some coffee,” Greg added as he held up a bag of coffee grounds.

I peered down at Harry who was sleeping in his father’s arms. Even in sleep, he couldn’t find rest. He twitched, and his little lips pursed in pain.

I looked down at my watch and realized it wasn’t even seven o’clock yet.

“We let him sleep when he can,” Greg said a bit ruefully.

“Well, come on in,” Jace stated, unlocking our apartment.

Gavin, Jemmy, and Sierra went back to their apartment. Jemmy had pulled me to the side after dinner and asked if we could talk tomorrow. I readily agreed, missing my friend.

We all piled into the apartment, and Troy immediately grabbed the coffee from Greg. “Thanks. Does everyone want coffee?”

All the adults requested a cup as they took their seats. I went into the kitchen to find some disposable plates for the cake. I really didn’t want to wash the dishes tonight.

“Can I go back to my room?” Micah asked. “Patrick and Victoria wanted to show me their new comics.”

Megan smiled softly at him. “Are you sure you don’t want to stay for a slice of cake?”

Micah looked longingly at the cake.

I’ll save you a piece and bring it to you, I told Micah silently.