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to it, Sasha flung open the passenger side door. She hugged me and kissed me on the lips. My shirt was stiff with Julia’s dried blood and I know I smelled awful.
    I let go of her. “It’s Spivey’s,” I said, showing her the cell phone. “We can use it.”
    Sasha snatched it from me and sprinted into the police station. My jaw dropped. “What’s she doing?” I muttered.
    Whenever Ray talked about women in front of me, he said they had at least four different agendas going on. That doesn’t include the one they allow us to know about.
    My father cornered me next to his car. “There was a four-car accident on I-48,” he blurted out. “If you hadn’t. . . done what you did, Julia...”
    “Forget it,” I said, backing away from him. “Are we even now?”
    His brow scrunched. “Parenting isn’t a quid pro quo thing. You mean for your therapy? You don’t owe me anything for that, son.”
    Breathless, Sasha returned to the Cougar before he could say anything else. “Take me to the roof?” she asked.
    Other than to come over to her house so that we could hook up, my girlfriend never asked me to use my powers for no reason. “Go be with your wife, Ray.”
    “Jason, no. What the he...”
    “Go,” I interrupted him. “We’ll get home safe. Debra already knows.”
    His eyes widened. “What do you mean ‘she knows’? She’s in on all of this?”
    I shook my fists. “There’s no time to explain.”
    “Make time,” he said, pointing his finger at me. “I’m not leaving until you do.”
    Sasha took my hand and we walked to the back of the police precinct. Ray followed us there. There was a large blue dumpster at the back of the building. All three of us ducked two feet behind it.
    I showed him my necklace. “Radioactive,” I said.
    The word radioactive made him back away. “You’re serious?”
    I pointed my thumb at myself. “I’m strong and invulnerable. I can jump. Sasha clones herself. Rhapsody can turn invisible. Now you know, too. We’re leaving.”
    “Wait, Jason!” he whispered. Sasha already had her arms around my neck and I was cradling her bare legs in my arms. “I’m staying here. Let me help you.”
    “Why now?” I asked him. “You never stayed before!”
    He looked down at the ground.
    It was true. It was a low blow, but I’d gotten to him.  
     
     

 
    CHAPTER FIVE
    I have a weakness, after all
     
    I vaulted us onto the flat roof. If we stood we could be seen from a distance, so we lay flat on our backs, turned toward each other, and chatted face-to-face.
    Sasha’s eyes had sadness in them. “That was a pretty cruel thing to say to your dad, Jason.”
    I waved it off. “Yeah, well, when Wesley disowns you, come and talk to me.”
    “My parents are getting a divorce. My dad lives somewhere in Oregon. I haven’t seen him in two years.”
    Since I had met Sasha she’d made it sound like her parents were still together. “What?”
    “They’ve been separated since I was thirteen. His trips and Joyce’s late dinners – have nothing to do with business. They’re seeing other people or whatever.”
    “Why didn’t you say something about this before?”
    She bit her lip. “It still hurts to talk about it, Jason. My mom kicked him out, and I don’t know why. I avoid her because I’m afraid she’ll tell me.”
    “Sorry.” Inside I felt a little guilty about lashing out at Ray. I scooted over to get a view of the parking lot. The Cougar backed out of its spot and drove off.
    “I have a confession to make,” she said. “I’ve been experimenting with my powers and studying different things.”
    I rolled back over to Sasha. “Different things like what?”
    She handed me Spivey’s phone. “Here, look at this.”
    “I don’t get it. I thought you gave this back.”
    Sasha made an expression that she does whenever I miss something. “I took Spivey’s original phone back to the precinct after I cloned it.”
    “Hold on, since when can you clone things