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“No!” Faith moaned, gripping her head in angst. “You ruined my surprise. I wanted to be the one to introduce him to Robin.”
“Robin?!” Both Hudson and Foster echoed in shock.
“They know my sunshine,” the ghost spoke up. “Both Foster Union and Hudson Ivey are friends with my sunshine.”
“Sunshine?” I asked in confusion, and Foster spun to blink at me.
“Whatdid you just say?” he asked. “Sunshine?”
“Sunshine?” Hudson repeated in alarm before whirling toward Faith. “Why the hell didn’t you ever tell me there was a fucking ghost in the campus library?”
Her mouth fell open in dismay. “Because I wanted to introduce you two inperson, and classes didn’t resume until today, so…surprise,” she muttered lamely. “I guess.”
Hudson’s eyebrows lifted. “So there’s seriously a ghost namedRobin?Inthislibrary?”
“And she said sunshine?” Foster demanded, looking at me. “You’re sure she saidsunshine?”
“Yes,” Faith answered for me, drawing his attention her way. She squinted at him for a moment before her eyes widened in surprise. “Oh my God. You know her. She just said youknewher sunshine. Who the hell is that, anyway?”
“Wait.” Hudson lifted a hand. “First of all, is she taller, on the skinny side, with long, straight dark hair, and probably”—he glanced toward Foster—“what would you say in age; thirty years old?”
“Well…” Foster heaved out a breath. “If she had Keene when she was eighteen, and she died when he was nine, I’d say twenty-seven. Twenty-eight? Yeah.”
“I was twenty-eight years, two months and five days old when I died,” Robin said.
“Keene!” Faith shrieked, gaping at Robin in astonishment. “You’reKeene’smother?”
“Keene,” Robin repeated stoically with a nod to affirm it. “I named him after the Irish origin, meaning keen-witted, ancient warrior who is tall and handsome and not easily fooled. He was to be a bright sunshine who would delight all with his insight and sharp thinking.”
“Oh…my God,” Faith breathed in utter astonishment, unable to stop gaping at the ghost.
“Yeah,” I had to agree. “I never would’ve guessed you were related toKeene. You two seem so different.”
“Of course my sunshine is different from me,” Robin answered. “He did not possess the autism that I did.”
“What?” Faith glanced in my general direction with a squint. “Who’re you talking to?”
“She’s talking to me,” I answered her.
But, of course, Faith didn’t hear me.
So Foster translated, “Raina said she was talking to her.”
Faith straightened in surprise. “Raina’s here, too?”
Foster pointed. “She’s right there.”
I waved. “Hi.” But neither Faith nor Hudson heard me, so neither of them answered.
“Let me get this straight,” Hudson spoke up, waving his hands before gripping his crutches again. “Robin, the ghost, can see everyone here right now. I can only see Faith and Foster. Foster can see everyone but Robin. Faith can see everyone but Raina. And Raina…”
“Raina can see everyone too,” Foster spoke up for me.
Hudson blinked once before whipping his hair out of his eyes with a twitch of his head. “Okay, then,” he answered smoothly. “Just wanted to make sure I had that right.”
With a laugh, Faith reached up and touched his face, clearly delighted by him, while I turned back to Robin. “Well, it’s nice to make your acquaintance, ma’am. I met your son once. He was quite…unique.”
“My sunshine is like no other. He is full of life and joy and adventure.”
