Had Charlie any idea that Verity was even remotely on Roland's mind, things would have gotten really awkward, really quickly. But the powers that be had not granted supernatural him abilities, as they had to so many others in the Orange County area. Charlie didn't even yet understand how widespread the current situation was.
"If it had, I would have told you right away," he said, setting guitars down in one of the room's corners. "And all my houseplants are dead."