I went invisible for the first time on my twelfth birthday. 6 страница

Erin and Zack were back. And they were okay.

It didn’t take long to get everything back to normal.

We explained everything to April and Lefty as best we could.

April went home. She had to baby-sit her little sister.

Erin and Zack—the real Erin and Zack—helped me sweep up the broken glass. Then we closed the door to the little room. I latched it tightly, and we all carried cartons over and stacked them up to block off the door.

We knew we’d never go in there again.

We vowed never to tell anyone about getting invisible or the mirror or what happened in that little room. Then Erin and Zack headed home.

Later, Lefty and I were hanging around out in the back yard. “That was so scary,” I told Lefty with a shudder. “You just can’t imagine what it was like.”

“Sounds pretty scary,” Lefty replied absently. He tossed his softball from hand to hand. “But at least everything is okay now. Want to play a little catch?”

“No,” I shook my head. I wasn’t in the mood. But then I changed my mind. “Maybe it’ll take my mind off what happened this morning,” I said.

Lefty tossed me the ball. We trotted behind the garage, our usual place for tossing the ball around.

I lobbed it back to him.

We were having a pretty good game of catch.

Until about five minutes had gone by.

Until…

Until I stopped and froze in place.

Were my eyes playing tricks on me?

“Here comes my fastball,” he said. He heaved it at me.

No. No. No.

I gaped open-mouthed as the ball shot past me.

I didn’t even try to catch it. I couldn’t move.

I could only stare in horror.

My brother was throwing right-handed.

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