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Before Wyatt can get through a response, Casey talks over him. “Is Circle 8 a cult?”
Wyatt laughs in astonishment. “Huh? What?”
“Circle 8 all work together. You only make movies and music with people in the group,” she elaborates. “Sounds like a cult to me.”
I click my tongue, unable to look at her. “What would you knowabout cults?”
She crosses her arms. “I have the internet.”
“I’m going to tell Mom and Dad to cut your connection.”
“As if.” She pokes her tongue out at me. “Dad’s the one who showed me where to find the videos.”
I huff in exasperation. “It’s so annoying how he encourages you to question everything.”
“I’m sorry I don’t think everything is sunshine and rainbows like you and Callum,” Casey argues.
I smirk at her. “I don’t think everything’s full of hope. A lot of things really suck.”
Callum pouts. “Like Wyatt getting hurt?”
I pat Callum’s knee. “Yeah, like that.”
Wyatt opens his arms wide, smiling. “I’m getting better.”
“A cane and a stutter seem pretty bad,” Callum reluctantly replies.
“I read online that some neurological issues never heal,” Casey says flatly.
I glare at her. “No one needs to hear that, Casey.”
She shrugs. “I’m just saying, he might never get his memory back.”
Horror sweeps over Callum’s face. “Never?”
Wyatt sits taller. “I’ll remember. It already feels like it’s coming back.”
“How?” the twins say at once.
Wyatt rubs the side of his head. “It’s hard to explain. Inside my head, it feels like there’s fog over part of my mind. Every now and then, it feels like it’s lifting, but never quite does.”
Callum beams. “So, one day all the fog will disappear?”
Wyatt nods optimistically. “Exactly.”
I nudge Casey. “See. Sometimes there is sunshine and rainbows.”
Casey eyes Wyatt skeptically. “Maybe.”
“Kids!” Mom calls from the back door. “Come on in for dinner.”
“Thank goodness,” I mutter, and follow everyone out of the treehouse of interrogation.
Back inside the house, Callum races ahead. “Can I sit next to Wyatt?”
I nudge Wyatt. “I think you have a fan.”
“I’ll take it,” Wyatt replies. “It’s nice compared to the third degree from Casey.”
