Cyrosphere 8: Lives Uneasily Affected (5 page)

They waited and walked around to see if someone attacked Caroline. Caroline had meetings all day so they were hoping to protect her from whatever might happen.

An hour goes by and still no action as they wait Ginger was irritated so decided to call Lucas to explain she wouldn’t be home for dinner like she originally imagined. He was disappointed and upset that something was keeping her from the love of her life.

The air felt vibrant with force and magic. This was it, something was about to happen. Ginger lowered her walls to try and search telepathically if somebody’s thoughts were off or disturbing. Nothing was jumping at her but she knew she still needed to be on alert. Magic was cracking the sky and Caroline’s life was in danger.

Ginger may not be able to figure out who was after her, but she certainly was able to protect Caroline Ryder. She linked her mind with the others so the psychic knit can warn one another if something happened. Closing her eyes to allow her senses to be ignored and let her intuition guide her.

There somehow Ginger knew who it was and what she was going to do. Slowly opening her eyes and began chanting an incantation to prevent Victoria Hellmick from trying to kill Caroline.

When Ginger allowed her mind to take over, she was able to detect the pain Victoria was in. Ginger could see that she was Destiny’s child, not Caroline Ryder. Caroline and Victoria got adopted buy the “right” family while Victoria was stuck in the system. This jealousy grew into rage and now a need for revenge.

With Ginger’s innate magic, she could easily block or prevent Victoria from harming Caroline. Ginger asked Darleshia to get Caroline to safety. This allowed Lupio to be her backup or lookout in case Victoria wasn’t alone. Ginger would have a few choice words for this young lady.

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Ginger walked right up to a frustrated Victoria Hellmick who was trying to figure out why her magic wasn’t working. Ginger could see the rage on the surface of this impressionable 17 year old.

The fact her mother was shallow and not there for her child. Victoria was a child growing up with magical powers without guidance or leadership. Ginger was her glance at her and used her powers to stop time. She thought, now for a little one on one without interruption.

This was the reason she became an educator, to change lives and make a real difference. She touched Victoria to take her out of the time hold and allow her to see what path not to travel down.

A startled Victoria looked around her and demanded, “Who are you and what do you want?”

Ginger thought, right to the point, okay. No need to sugarcoat anything.

She takes a few relaxing breaths and explains, “I am Ginger Solis. I am a witch like you, but I also have a lot of other abilities. Today I came here to stop you from going down the wrong path.

“I want to help you. To prevent you from killing Caroline over you believing she got the better deal then you. She probably has it a lot worst then you with needy parents. I know who you birth mom is. She sent me to find you,” Ginger waits to see how Victoria will react.

“You’re lying,” Victoria accuses.

Ginger responds, “No, I’m not. A small part of you knows that you can trust me. I can show you. Just take my hand.”

Victoria eyes her suspiciously. Ginger reaches out her hand and waits for Victoria to grab her hand. When Victoria touches her, a vision is shown to the young girl. The vision started with the images Mark saw of Destiny giving up Victoria at the orphanage. It was a good thing Ginger asked Mark to show her what he had seen.

Victoria let go, grasping and unable to accept her life wasn’t what she thought. Her mother didn’t give her up due to not loving her, but to protect her from her enemies. This news really shocked her.

Ginger asks, “So would you like to get out of here?”

“You not going to turn me in?” replies Victoria.

“And what for? I am here to help you, come on. Let’s go somewhere and talk,” Ginger finishes.

She resumed time and let’s Lupio know telepathically the threat is isolated. He wants to stick around for another thirty. Ginger promises to call later, as they walk over to the ice cream shop.

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After a nice long chat with Victoria, Ginger was confident that Caroline was out of danger. Victoria was on the fence with meeting Destiny. Ginger may not have been adopted but meeting Jensen was scary and she could totally relate with wanting more time.

Once Ginger got home, the first things she did was kiss Lucas before going to go brush her teeth. She crashed the moment her head hit the pillow. The next day, Ginger awoke with a startle because she had to go to both jobs and overslept. It was already 8:56 am and Lucas wasn’t in bed.

Damn, ginger hated Mondays at that moment. Her fiancée wasn’t home and she needed to fight rush hour. She sighed to herself as she went to the kitchen for a blueberry flavored bagel. Ginger took a quick shower before getting dressed after scarfing down the bagel. To save some time, Ginger decided to teleport to work.

Getting through the day was easy. It was the night classes she enjoyed the most, but it was draining her as she entered her second trimester. The day couldn’t get any longer as she taught her two classes and went home. No news from Victoria about adding classes at Dark Force University like they discussed.

If things went according to plan, Ginger planned to be her role model and perhaps get help from Gretchen. Gretchen was the ideal person to speak with in regards to reformation. Life was full of surprises, such as Darleshia helping out and how the day turned out.

The last thing Ginger wanted to do was get involved in telling Shane how to do his job. He worked part-time as a prison guard at Moville. Things were turning around, and she wondered if she’d have any more unexpected surprises from the past.

Over the years, she made quiet the number of enemies. Her fiancée and baby were in danger. Protecting her child was always at the forefront of her thoughts, worries and priorities. Not a day passed that if her stomach didn’t sit well or a kick, did she wondered if prepared to be a proper parent.

She needed to check in with Adorsa so not to have any bad blood between them. Every since Adorsa started dating Mark before moving in, things with them were rocky. With a steady stable relationship, now it was about proving she was a great friend.

Lately the pair went to book reviews, literary parties and other events of the sort. Things had been good without all the drama or issues, life had been great. Piper kept her nose clean or as clean as possible. MaryAnne and Jensen got married, that was a special day.

Ginger wasn’t rushing into marriage, baby or not. It was a lifelong comment and there was no rush to tie the knot. Right after work, she’d meet Shane about her past.

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The day couldn’t seem to end fast enough. Just being a manager and filling out paperwork was a lot of stress, but add on top of that a ton of bullshit and she was ready to lost it. The complaints and pettiness among her adult staff was enough for her to punch someone. All the hormones added to her lack of compassion. No, her filter for stupidity was low.

Thank heavens the day was over, a quick word with Shane before she went out with Lucas. Even though she was pregnant and working crazy mad hours, he always managed to make her feel special. Ginger appreciated that and loved this man with all her heart.

Seeing Shane and his dazzling smile made her crappy day vanish. They sat in a Starbucks in Corona as he awaited for his shift to begin. The drive down helped calm her over active mind. Making an inventory list of all the people who may possible return to bring hell down on her family.

Shane didn’t give her much. As a guard, he interacted little as possible with the inmates. The upside was his abilities that allowed him access to visions of acts of violence. Thanks to Shane, he was able to prevent many occurrences of murders. Each day he went in with the hope to change lives and make a difference. That didn’t always go according to plan when he saw Brutus Creed. He plotted Ginger’s murder on a daily basis.

That did not sit well with Ginger each time this psychopath went to bed, the last image he probably saw was her strangled, stabbed or killed other various ways. Leaving from talking with Shane, she felt better that some forgave but a few would forever hold a grudge.

All this worry did not help turning twenty-seven. It was the last thing she wanted to think about but of course with all the joy going around, everyone would want to celebrate. Sometimes Ginger wished she could pack a bag and vanish, but with everything in her life that was not an option at the moment.

Life would be so much better if she didn’t have so many responsibilities or other things to preoccupy her time. Work, the book and now the baby on the way; this was a lot to juggle. Things were all over the place and she felt like it was too much to handle at times.

Driving back to the city was time to think about visiting an old friend. After work, she’d see if Alkmene Kincaid knew anything. Ginger didn’t think to ask why Alkmene never came to visit Shalice or had any sort of contact with her long lost sister. It had been years and that should have been a warning sign in the first place.

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The long day ended with dinner with Lucas. Sure it was Norms, but it was nice to go out and sit to allow someone else to take care of things. This was one of the benefits of having a partner, not just the championship but a shoulder to lean on.

Friends did this too like Lupio, Stacey, Penny, Shane, Mark, or Gretchen but it wasn’t the same. Each day with Lucas was a miracle since she hadn’t had many with Diego.

Diego has been the love of her life into Feltus ripped that away. Diego was gone and she didn’t think she’d ever love again. Mark proved her wrong, but he wasn’t the one. Just a hot guy Ginger had incredible chemistry with.

Meeting Lucas Faraday Catalano was like opening a window after years with light or air. He made her feet safe and secure. The soulmate she had thought she lost when Diego died. Lucas made her feel whole like life was not complete into she met him.

It was as if everything aligned just right and all the pain she endured didn’t seem to matter any longer. The next day was Wednesday, so she had a double shift. Work a few hours at the hotel. Leave around two to go home to grade papers and check email.

Normally Ginger took her laptop with her everywhere to check email, but not yesterday. She used her phone to check in periodically. After two hours of busy work, she had a late lunch with Penny and Jurnee. The boys were getting so big. It felt like just yesterday they were born. Before going to work at the school, she read the email from Victoria.

Victoria did want to change her life around and wanted Ginger to help get her enrolled at Dark Force University. That would be easy now that Stacey accepted a job on the board. Stacey had finished her Masters and began to train cadets at the Academy.

It seems Stacey found her calling. Teaching and inspiring was easy when you loved what you did. Stacey had thought she do more with her life and yet the teaching aspect since she became a mom was apart of her. They seemed to become closer friends as they got older. Having children and on day soon Ginger would be a wife.

The night classes for her English Composition class and Creative writing covered how to write a research paper. Sure all her students were juniors and freshmen, but it never hurt to cover an important topic. All her years in school, Ginger wished teachers covered as much as she tried to.

After classes were done, she asked Vincent if he could get her all the forms and paperwork for Victoria. He was kind enough to help her out and now was time to face Alkmene. See what the she beast was up to. Never in all the years has Ginger known. Stacey has her aunt need an ounce nice or kind to Ginger.

Ginger didn’t like to jump to conclusions but felt a part of Alkmene was racist. Stacey had abandoned that side of her family for Ginger but that never sat right with her. Could it be possible that Alkmene was apart of PHD and all the pain they caused? This was a dark thought but might be a part of reality.