{Jade} Leaving my mother at the hospital was hard, but I knew I could count on Liya and Jee to watch over her. The journey home was unusually quiet, I had expected him to start asking me a lot of questions, but he just kept quiet and kind of kept to himself. Maybe he thought it wasn't the right time because of mom's condition but then again, he might think me a freak for being a witch. Not that I could blame him for either, I did think I was a freak when I had just found out and I could understand how confused he must be feeling right now, I just wished he would talk to me so that we could talk about it like we did everything else. Another thing that was on my mind was why Jee had not offered to use her powers to heal my mother or why she had not taught me any healing spell that I coul