I laughed aloud. Life in their house had to have been interesting.
After dinner, coffee and cupcakes were passed around and then subject of Harry came up. He started to fall asleep on Jace’s shoulder, and Alex began to observe Harry as he ate his cupcake.
My heart melted that he was so thoughtful over Harry. However, I also felt terrible that he felt the need to rush eating just in case Harry fell asleep.
Ella and Nadia asked to go across the hall to play in the dance room, and Patrick and Victoria volunteered to go watch them. Kade and Micah volunteered to collect and wash the dishes, making me proud of their initiative.
“Harry’s improved since I first met him,” Paul remarked. “So the doctor's diagnosis was incorrect.”
“It often happens in the medical profession,” Dr. Wong observed. “Most medical professionals don’t know about…well us. They can only diagnose what they know, especially since, when our gifts come in, they often mimic mental and physical disorders.”
“Alex, Blake, Lincoln, and Jace have been helping a lot,” Miranda spoke up with a smile. “Everyday we feel like we get a little bit more of our baby back.”
“How have you guys been able to do that? Guys and girl—sorry, Blake,” Kirk quickly added.
“No offense taken.” I smiled as I reached over and ran my hands through Alex’s hair.
He was starting to fade as well. A lot of late nights had finally caught up to him. Jaxson noticed his condition, too, and reached over to pick him up.
“As most of you know, Alex has the ability to enter into people thoughts, minds,” Jace supplied. “His ability is unique because he can physically enter their heads. It’s just not peering into them like Horatio’s gift. For reasons unknown to us, his siblings can…travel with him. He takes Blake, and she’s been able to use one of her gifts to defuse any of the situations that have arisen. Lincoln has been able to jump, in a way, to help as well and I’ve been there to make sure Alex and Harry feel safe and secure with anything they see, hear, and feel.”
“So Harry can see violent crimes in progress?” Terrance asked in wonder.
We had already talked to him earlier. It has been hard pretending through my second workout that I wasn’t tired.
I nodded. “And Harry’s inability to vocalize correctly, combined with his incapability of resolving the situations on his own, made him retreat to a place he felt safe. Himself. Not to mention the difficulty in determing fact from fiction. In the three days that we were helping him, we have seen things that no one should have seen, let alone a three-year-old child.”
“What situations have you seen?” Dr. Wong asked with his eyebrows knit.
“Will this count as one of my therapy sessions?” I asked sardonically.
“Blake,” Jace said in warning, giving me a pointed look.
I sighed. “Kidding,” I mumbled. “The first case was a human trafficking ring. The authorities have determined the ring had transported over a hundred and fifty people to other buyers and runners.
“The second was a serial killer. His mother was a red-haired woman who abused him as a child. The first girl to publically humiliate him as a prank was in college. A beautiful redhead. He became…unhinged and started finding attractive redheads, stalked them, kidnapped them, sexually assaulted them, and eventually, he dismembered them and buried their remains.
“Last night a woman who hadn’t taken her lithium for some time, decided she wanted her children and ex-husband back. The couple was divorced three years ago, and through neglect and her mental instabilities, the courts determined she was only allowed to do supervised visitations until she was deemed capable of caring for her children. She never showed up to her appointments. When the cops took her away last night, she kept screaming about ‘if she couldn’t have her family no one could’. She planned on kidnapping her children and killing her ex and his current wife.”
“And you found this all out by your…jaunts in Harry’s head?” Dawn asked in shock.
“Not all of it.” Jace laughed dryly. “Its been on the news. Last night was only on its local station, but the human trafficking ring and the serial killer has been on national networks.”
“So what’s the plan with Harry when they leave for this weekend?” Paul asked with concern.
“Well, we were hoping,” Greg looked over at Will before he continued, “that some of you would be willing to help us out. Alex, Blake, Lincoln, and Jace need a break, too. We figured there’s enough gifted here that can help out in the long run.”
“The problem is that we know that Blake and Alex are completely unique in their abilities so maybe we can figure out another solution,” Will added.
“If Alex just keeps the door open, I can teleport to the location Harry goes,” Micah spoke up with the cart to collect more dishes. “Depending on the situation, I can determine who or what we need.”
“We don’t know where these crimes are occurring and your range may not reach that far,” Will said apologetically.
Kade came into the room and exchanged a look with his brother. Micah shook his head and gave him a pointed look. It was clear they were hiding something.
Kade cleared his throat. “About that-”
“I took Patrick and Vick to the Eiffel tower two weeks ago,” Micah hurriedly explained. “And a few days ago, I took Vick to see her mom’s grave in New Jersey. Her dad kept promising to take her, but…he kept flaking.”