C16 SIXTEEN

Something Wicked This Way Comes

ROSE

By the pricking of my thumbs,

Something wicked this way comes.

— William Shakespeare, Macbeth

"YOU WANT TO do an exorcism on him? Isn't that dangerous?" It wasn't like he was possessed, was it? I trusted Father Patrick, but Derek had already been through so much.

"I'll do it," Derek said.

He put his arm around me, and I leaned into him. "Derek