Chapter 20

"They say it's going to rain tonight," my dad mentioned as he helped mom clear the table. "That would be good. It's too hot. The heat's all but killing me," she complained. "We'll have to get the AC fixed. This summer's already such a hot one." "But do you really think it'll rain?" I asked, glancing through the kitchen windows. There wasn't a cloud in the sky. "They said it would be like a thunderstorm," he grunted. "If that happened, then they'd be right for once." I laughed at the little faith he had in the weatherman. The weather predictions had been off lately. I thought about that as I leafed through my book. They would be right for once. "She was right for once." I frowned as Malekh's voice suddenly played in my head. I paused, trying to remember what he could have been talking about. Come on, Elizabeth, think, I told myself. "She was right for once." Who had been right? I struggled to take myself back to that night. I was lying