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they died in a car accident.” Her body trembled. “Are you saying they died of something else?”
    She knew it. They couldn’t have died from a stupid car accident. Her father was an excellent driver. He drove for NASCAR before starting his engineering firm that specialized in designing high performance racing cars, but could it be possible they had been murdered?
    Tyler stared out the large picturesque window as the glass bowed in toward them. She heard him debate whether to tell her the truth before he turned back toward her with a serious look on his face. This was it. He was going to finally admit to being her Watcher.
    “So,” she urged him to speak.
    “Um.” His eyes shifted down and avoided eye contact with her. “They did die in a car accident. The DA ruled it as an accident after the investigation.”
    Her eyes narrowed and the light fixtures swayed and the tables shook. “I don’t believe you. I wouldn’t forget them and the entire summer if they died from a stupid car accident? You’re hiding something from me. Why?“ she screamed, causing the floor to rumble beneath her.
    Tyler glanced at the floor and then at her. “We should move.”
    “Not until you tell me the truth.” She shoved him hard against the brick wall with an added telekinetic kick. “Now tell me.”
    Everett stood in front of Lexi, wedging himself between Tyler and her. “What’s going on? Is he upsetting you?”
    Oh. Tyler was definitely upsetting her by keeping whatever secret he knew locked up inside the recess of his mind that even her telepathy couldn’t reach. She glared at Tyler as the floor shook harder, tables flipped over and the light fixtures swung back and forth, slamming against the ceiling and dropping glass on the floor.
    Tyler stood his ground staring back at her as if he were silently commanding her to back down, but she refused to obey him and took a step closer, pushing Everett aside.
    “Lexi, wake up.” Everett demanded, turning her to face him. “You can discuss whatever you two are fighting about later. We have to go before the place falls apart.”
    When she didn’t respond, Tyler leaned in close to her, shoving Everett out of his way. ”You’re right I am hiding something from you. I think you know what it is. Now let’s get out of here.”
    Did he just admit he was her Watcher? She opened her mouth about to ask Tyler if he was her Watcher, but Everett spun her toward him.
    “We have to go now,” he said. “Can’t you see what’s happening?”
    He pointed toward the floor as the tile exploded and the ground split apart, leaving a large crater in the center of the cafeteria.
    She blinked three times as if waking from a trance into a war zone and couldn’t believe what she saw. Boys and girls were running for their lives and covered with blood all because of her.
    She hurt them selfishly trying to question Tyler about being her Watcher when she knew the damage she could cause by getting upset. But she kept hounding him and refused to walk away.
    “Come on.” Everett said, pulling her toward the exit. “I’m getting you out of here before you get hurt.”
    Reluctantly she followed Everett out of the cafeteria to a tree across the field. She took deep breaths and focused on calming her telekinesis as a fire truck, an ambulance and a news van arrived.
    Her stomach twisted into a knot as the news crew setup their equipment on the lawn close to the cafeteria.
    No matter what her Watcher says, she was a danger to everyone, even to herself. Now that she might’ve revealed her whereabouts to the ones looking for her.

 
     
     
     
11 MEMORIES
    Lexi threw her backpack on the ground and sat on her computer desk chair. She turned on her laptop and waited for it to boot up. Her conversation with Tyler resurfaced in her mind for the hundredth time since lunch. Had her parents been murdered?
    Irene said they were throwing her a birthday party and went to get her a present. Why did they leave her at