James's POV

Getting the Barbsons' to hear me out wasn't easy. Over the last month, not a day went by without me going over to try to explain what a Dei saw. I begged to see her. Begged for them to let me talk to her even for a minute. A second. But they wouldn't have it.

I didn't even get past the gate. I didn't see as much as a shadow of Dei, but I later got to know it was because she was away. Not just away from Atlanta, but this time away from the country and continent.

A swollen eye and a bloody mouth were what finally...