The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic

Determined to save Gigi, Sadie prepares to attempt a healing spell. At the café, she has just spilled melted butter on her face when Jake and several other firefighters enter. Despite Sadie’s protests, Gigi invites Jake to family dinner the next night. He tells them he’ll walk over from a showing of a nearby house he is considering purchasing.

At home that evening, Sadie remembers that she had been willing to give up her magic for Jake when they were 18. She recalls that although he promised that they’d be together forever, he left the next day. She hears Jake calling to Chief, and is annoyed to realize the dog is his.

Sadie realizes the herb section of the garden has been burned. She sees movement at the edge of the tree line and hears a haunting sound that she realizes is a threat.

This interlude is a recipe for mint julep ice cream. Gigi’s first-person introduction to the recipe notes that it can be used to paint “all past painful memories in a happier light” (70), but shouldn’t be overused lest the eater forget other things too.