I still mingled with everyone around the ballroom and my friends were hanging around as well.
Lucas was staying pretty close and we were talking for a lot of the night. But I had to excuse myself briefly when my mother came back to the party with my dads.
“Is everything alright?” I asked.
“It’s nothing for you to worry about.” Mom said.
“You promised me that you wouldn’t do that. You wouldn’t keep secrets from me.” I said. So mom looked back at me and she nodded her head.
“Yeah. I did say that. Alright, my mother was just here with another sad story about how broke she is. She wanted money. That’s all there is to it.”
“Why did you use your powers?” I asked.
“Because she wasn’t alone. It seems like she’s been making a few friends in the last few years. And none of them were huma
