@@@@@“Why do you get to stay? Why can't I stay,
@@@@@“Why do you get to stay? Why can't I stay, if you can?”
I had to swallow hard“Thatwouldn't be fair, would it? But I don't get to stay, SunnyMaybe we'll leave together Perhaps she'd be happier if she thought I was
going to the Dolphins with herBy the time she knew otherwise, Sunny would have a different
host with different emotions and no tie to this human beside meAnyway, it would be
too late“I have to go, Sunny, just like youI have to give my body back, too
And then, flat and hard from right behind us, Ian's voice broke the quiet like the crack of a
whip
“What?”
CHAPTER 56
Welded
Ian glared down at the three of us with such fury that Sunny shivered in terrorIt was an odd
thing–as if Kyle and Ian had switched facesExcept Ian's face was still perfect, unbroken
Beautiful, even though it was enraged
“Ian?” Kyle asked, bewildered“What's the problem?”
Ian spoke from between his locked teeth“Wanda,” he growled, and held his hand outIt
looked as if he was having a hard time keeping that hand open, not clenching it into a fist
Misery swept through meI didn't want to say goodbye to Ian, and now I would have toI would be wrong to sneak out in the night like a thief and leave all my
goodbyes to Melanie
Ian, tired of waiting, grabbed my arm and hauled me up from the floorWhen Sunny seemed
like she was coming along, too, still joined to my side, Ian shook me until she fell off
“What iswith you?” Kyle demanded
Ian hauled his knee back and smashed his foot hard into Kyle's face
Sunny threw herself in front of Kyle–who was holding his hand to his nose and struggling to
get to his feet–and tried to shield him with her tiny b