Indigo Incite (The Indigo Trilogy) by Jacinda Buchmann

pregnant.
You’ve fallen for a married, pregnant woman,” she teased.
    “I
haven’t fallen for her. I just think she’s…pretty.”
    Liliana
snickered under her breath. “Oh, is that all? Well, we need to think of what
we’re going to say before she comes back with our drinks. Do you have any
ideas?”
    “I don’t
know. If she’s married, there’s no way that her husband is going to let her go
traipsing off with us, and if she’s pregnant, she’s not going to want to put
her unborn baby in danger."
    “There
is no ‘if.' She is married, and she is pregnant. But if she
doesn’t come with us, she’ll be in danger, so maybe we can use a scare tactic
to try to convince her.”
    “Scare
her into coming with us? I don’t know. Maybe it’s better if she stays here, or
maybe we can convince her to take a short vacation and hide out somewhere.”
    “Well,
we need to at least talk to her, you know? Give her the choice and let her know
that she could be in danger.”
    Eddie
sighed. “Yeah, you’re right.”
    “Here
she comes. Time to turn on the charm.”
    Just as
Sarah approached their table, Eddie mumbled under his breath, “Read my
thoughts.”
    “What?”
Liliana whispered.
    Through
a forced smile, he mumbled, “You heard me.”
    “Here
you go.” Sarah placed new glasses on the table. “Is there anything else I can
get for you?”
    “No
thanks. This is fine.” Eddie indicated his hot cocoa. As she turned to leave,
he called out, “Sarah?”
    She turned
to him and smiled. “Yes?”
    “I know
you’re busy, but do you think you could sit with us for a few minutes to talk?”
    I’m
not sure what I’m going to say to her , Eddie thought to Liliana , but I know you can hear me,
and you can hear what Sarah is thinking, too, so if I start to fumble, help me
out. Okay?
    Liliana
tapped her foot on his, under the table, and he knew that she understood.
    “That’s
really kind of you to offer,” Sarah replied, “but I really am pretty busy. I
need to get food out to the tables or the customers are going to get
impatient.”
    “I
understand,” Eddie said. “We were just hoping that we could chat with you
before we have to leave this morning. Do you have a break soon?”
    Sarah
looked puzzled at his earnest attempt to talk. “Um, no, sorry. Julie is the
only other waitress besides me for the next hour.”
    He
sensed that she was anxious to escape his pleas for conversation. Any ideas,
Liliana? I can’t make her sit and talk with us, and she does have a point. She
has a job to do. Maybe we should just wait until she gets off of work.
    Just as
Sarah started to walk away, Liliana called out, “Sarah?”
    Their
waitress turned, this time with a somewhat amused but annoyed expression on her
face. “Yes?”
    “The
truth is,” Liliana said, “we came here to surprise you. See, my friend, Eddie,
here, heard that your husband, Danny, was sent overseas with the military. He
wanted to check on you, to make sure that you’re doing all right. He influenced me to come along for the ride.” At the word 'influenced,' Liliana kicked Eddie
hard on the shin, so that there would be no mistaking her meaning. The night
before, they had shared stories of their various powers, and Eddie had told her
that he could mentally influence the actions and decisions of others. This was
Liliana’s way of telling him that he should use his influential charms, now to
convince Sarah to talk with them.
    Keep
her talking for a minute , Eddie thought to Liliana.
    "So,
you know how guys are,” Liliana continued. “They watch each other’s back,
especially during times like this, when they’re sent away and have to leave
their pregnant wives home alone. Eddie wanted to make sure that you’re doing all
right.”
    Liliana
was obviously using Sarah’s private thoughts to learn about her husband and
personal life. As she continued to spin her story, he concentrated on the
beautiful waitress and sent positive thoughts and energy her