No more.
I still intended to help Julian’s mom, but my first priority should have been my daughter. Now, I would task myself with curing both people.
“I will fix this,” I vowed to Alice. “I swear to you.”
“And I’ll help her,” Julian said.
I looked at him, surprised. He gave me a warm kind of smile that sparked a fire in me. Since Alice hurt Tony, I’d been trapped in an icicle of my own design, my shock keeping me numb and cold. Now, with that smile, I felt my body thaw and come to life again.
Julian gave me a sad sort of smile. “I am your assistant, after all.”
The smile didn’t last, disappearing back into worry, but it had been nice to see.
“Yes,” I said. “We’ll do it together.”
When we looked back at Alice, she was still frightened, but this time there was also hope in her eyes.
