“When she was sure that the ladies upstairs could not hear them, Thelma said “You are Ophelia, aren’t you?” “Yes. My mother is Gertie and now she is dead.” “What do you remember about your life with her and how you came to live with Mrs. Johnson?” Thelma asked. “My mother was very special. She fell in love with the wrong man and let him ruin her life. He was not my father, my father was like me, like us. My mother was afraid that her lover, his name was John, she was afraid that John would leave... her if he knew about her powers. You see, my mother was about sixty or so years older than John, but looked to be the same age. When he went off to war I was glad, but then we got stuck with his son, a kid named Donald.” “You and Donald did not get along?” “We barely knew each other. I had many powers and used them to trick him and hurt him. Mother and I were fighting a lot. I kept running away. I had always heard of a place where people like us belonged. Our last name is Enchanter and there is a village somewhere named Enchanted where my mother’s people are from.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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