“I never asked to be chosen! Being open to everyone meant being vulnerable to Arthur!” I say, pulling on the silver curl at my temple. “You were the most powerful Medium I’d ever met!” Mariah says. “You were the culmination of it all. The answer. The plan.” My heart crumples inside my chest. “But I’m just one person, Mariah. I can’t be everyone’s answer. I can’t be everyone’s plan.” She shakes her head again, like my story isn’t enough. And maybe it isn’t, but it’s what I have and I know it’s true.
