” Said AtlasOnce he got the number, he went a few meters away to talk and after 5 minutes came back ready to pay.“I contacted the owner. Twelve an...d a half million and the house is mine.”“How did you achieve such a price sir? This house has never been such low for the whole time it has been up for sale!” asked the salesman, obviously questioning how such a deal happened.“Was nothing really. We talked through, he saw the opportunity to sell it right now and gave it.” Answered Atlas, making the. While I couldn't imagine saying anything other than exactly what I'd said to Mom, some of those memories did indeed sting a bit. I'd always been jealous of Dom, thought Mom favored him. Now I knew that I'd been even more right than I ever thought. And though I'd suspected Mom actually liked being treated a bit roughly based on the last interaction I'd had with her and Brianna, I now knew that for sure. I no longer could maintain the illusion that the one time I'd seen her seem to embrace being. Remember, I asked you to help me make sure I used my empathic powers appropriately." Yes, we did talk... Josh, you're frightening me."I was stunned! Her statement, her tone of voice suddenly terrified me. Sandy wasn't the type who could love someone who frightened her."Why?" I demanded angrily. "Why are you just now dealing with the ramifications of my new abilities? I've told you about them as they developed. I told you I mentally pushed the guy off his feet who stabbed me, sent him flying. ..Not even once!!He's sitting directly in front of me, our knees so close together, but not yet touching. He's holding a lighter in his hand, I have a glass pipe in mine. The bowl of the pipe has been filled...Shiny shards of glass pieces glinting through the bowl and we both stare at it in awe for a second, before our attention settles on each other and he smiles as I lift the pipe to my lips and just hold it there. He lifts the lighter, puts it directly underneath the bowl of the pipe and.