Chapter 107

“It’s all rather strange.” Done with the phone, Calvin gathered a colorful bouquet to present to the man he loved. “Though not quite a tree, still as lovely as thee.”

“Aww.” They tickled my heart and always would.

My two layers on top suddenly too much for the weather, I pulled them up, baring my torso. With Patrick’s hand on my gut and mine on his chest, inside his dress shirt again, we breathed in synch. Then, the questions came.

“When I had my vision, that night at Cost-Mart in the snow, I remember how glad you were to see Jefferson again, Calvin. He hadn’t crossed over when he’d first passed away, right? You hadn’t, right, Jefferson?”

Jefferson shook his head side to side. “Right.”

“What’s happening now isn’t like my vision, though?” I asked again. “Jefferson told me that,” I said to Patrick.

“Right.” Calvin answered this time. He held Jefferson’s hand, and I took Patrick’s.

“What happened in that vision was real, either way. Wasn’t it?”