Addison poured a glass of lemonade and sat beside Luke in the living room. He looked at her and switched the television off. “Everything all right? Looks like you have a lot on your mind.”
“I do,” Addison said.
“Want to talk about it?”
“I don’t want to worry you.”
He ran a hand through her hair. “I’ll worry more if you don’t tell me. We’re in this together, right?”
“All right. My abilities seem to be getting stronger. I’m not sure why.”
He raised a brow. “In what way?”
“When I was young, I found a penny on the ground. I picked it up and had a vision of the man who’d dropped it. I saw his present, and I saw his future. I saw his death. I was too young to understand what I was seeing. I didn’t know about the abilities I possessed at the time. It never happened again, not until today.”
“What happened?”
“Do you remember Barry, the guy who works at the library in New York City, the one who helped me find information on Roxanne Rafferty?”
Luke crossed his arms and leaned back. “If you told me about him, I don’t recall.”
“I had other plans today. I was going to visit Theodore Price, the guy who survived the car crash. Then last night, I dreamed about Barry. When I woke up, I knew I needed to see him. I knew he’d have information on the woman I saw last night, and I was right.”
“What happened?”
Addison told Luke about her meeting with Barry.
When she finished, he said, “Did you tell him about your vision?”
She shook her head.
“You don’t know how long he has left to live, do you?” Luke asked.
“It’s not long. It’s hard, you know? Why is it important for me to see the end of his life when there’s nothing I can do to change it?”
“What will you do? Will you tell him?”
“He doesn’t know the exact day, but he knows it’s soon. For now, I need to focus on something else.”
“What if you had the dream because there’s something you can do for him?”
Like what?
She already assisted the dead.
Was she now to help the living?
“I’m off, Luke. Way off. I have been ever since I touched Barry. I don’t want to fear what will happen when I touch someone, but I’m not sure I’m ready to see everyone’s future. It’s draining enough to see their past.”