Chapter 171

“Not unusual, Gran.” April didn’t take her gaze off him. “They’ve always existed.”

“But they used to keep quiet. Keep to themselvvveeees.” She strung the last word out stressing the appropriateness of that.

Jay couldn’t keep his eyes from sliding sideways. Wished he hadn’t. Her gaze narrowed. She wrinkled her nose.

“There was no flaunting it,” their grandmother said.

“She’s hardly flaunting.” April’s voice now contained a hard edge “The woman’s just living her life.”

“She shouldn’t have told the nation.”

“Why should she hide?”

Jay shook his head, catching her attention. He wanted April to stop this now. Change the subject. Let the old woman slip back into her memories and dictionary definitions.

“Why shouldn’t she? Why should I have to see her knowing what she is?”