20. Convincing Mina
Ben
I almost expected Mina not to show. I knew she believed Haley to have been compromised by the Splinters. I also knew that she hadn’t seen Haley for more than a few minutes since she had appeared at the funeral. I was sure that if she could just talk to Haley, if she could just hear how afraid she was, that Mina would see that Haley was human.
Maybe.
Okay, I wasn’t sure at all. But the idea of leaving Haley helpless and uninformed in the raving, panicked, trauma-flashback state I’d found her in when I got back from the Splinter barbeque was unthinkable. Without even changing out of my soaked clothes, I’d contacted Mina the moment it had been safe to take my arms from around Haley’s shaking shoulders.
Haley looked at me nervously now, taking occasional sips off h
