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Authors: Lisa Ladew
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you’re not around someone like Katerina. Almost every person on this planet is a telepath to some degree. We can all sense the emotions and mental well-being of other people most of the time. And most of us send out our emotions and mental well-being to the people around us without realizing it. Some people are a little bit better at one or the other. You’re exceptionally good at transmitting. I bet you are scary to the people around you when you are mad, but when you are happy, you lift everybody’s spirits.”
West nodded, recognition spreading in his mind. “I try not to get mad because it does seem to affect people strongly,” he said, remembering when he’d scared a high school girlfriend so badly she’d broken up with him, even though he hadn’t been mad at her or done anything to her. But on the other hand, he’d always been able to cajole others out of their bad moods fairly easily.
Agnes gave him a final look, then turned her attention to Katerina.
“I’m not sure exactly what to call you. I know you are an empath and a telepath, and if you got your visions from objects, I would call you a psychometrist, but I’ve never heard of one who only received information from people. I don’t know if there is a name for exactly what you are. And the medical aspect-” She leaned forward, a look of intense curiosity on her face. “Can you tell me what I take medication for?”
Still massaging her wrist, Katerina answered right away, her voice dull. “Angina. Your right ventricle is failing and will blow out completely in less than two years.”
Agnes gasped again and sat up straight. West looked at Katerina, shocked. Katerina looked back challengingly, but then her eyes widened, as if she had just realized what she said.
West couldn’t think of anything to say or do. Katerina had just predicted this woman’s death.
Chapter 9
“Well I guess we all have to go sometime,” Agnes said weakly. She looked around the small apartment like a bird searching for a window to fly out of. “Do you have a bathroom?”
West shot to his feet. “Let me show you where it is.” He took Agnes a few steps down the hall and then returned to Katerina. She had her hands on her cheeks and was looking at him with the expression of an animal in stark fear.
“Oh my God. Oh my God. I can’t believe that just happened,” Katerina moaned.
“Is it true?”
“Yes. I think. I could see it West, I could see the thin wall in her heart. I don’t have any idea why I said less than two years, though. How could I know that?”
West put a hand on her shoulder. He didn’t know what to say to her. They sat in silence for several moments.
Long before West expected her, Agnes came back out from the bathroom. She sat heavily in her chair. She looked at Katerina, her gaze unwieldy. “Could you fix it?”
“What?”
“If you were to cut me open, could you fix it?”
Katerina shook her head no, but the words that came out of her mouth were more positive. “Maybe… if I were trained as a surgeon.”
Agnes nodded as if she had expected that. “What about your hands? Could you lay your hands on me and manipulate the energy of my body in some way that made it heal?”
Katerina looked at West, and he saw more deep fear in her eyes. He nodded encouragingly at her, thinking it was a question that she needed to answer.
“I’ve no idea. It’s not something that I’ve ever considered.”
“Of course not, you’ve just discovered you can do this. But consider it.”
West saw irritation flash in Katerina’s eyes and he wanted to warn the other woman not to push her, that Katerina had a short fuse these days and anything might topple her over what was proving to be a razor-thin edge.
Before he could say anything, Katerina lifted her chin and with a challenging note in her voice, said, “Let’s see.”
For a split second, West worried about Agnes’s safety. Then he shook his head, trying to dislodge the
West nodded, recognition spreading in his mind. “I try not to get mad because it does seem to affect people strongly,” he said, remembering when he’d scared a high school girlfriend so badly she’d broken up with him, even though he hadn’t been mad at her or done anything to her. But on the other hand, he’d always been able to cajole others out of their bad moods fairly easily.
Agnes gave him a final look, then turned her attention to Katerina.
“I’m not sure exactly what to call you. I know you are an empath and a telepath, and if you got your visions from objects, I would call you a psychometrist, but I’ve never heard of one who only received information from people. I don’t know if there is a name for exactly what you are. And the medical aspect-” She leaned forward, a look of intense curiosity on her face. “Can you tell me what I take medication for?”
Still massaging her wrist, Katerina answered right away, her voice dull. “Angina. Your right ventricle is failing and will blow out completely in less than two years.”
Agnes gasped again and sat up straight. West looked at Katerina, shocked. Katerina looked back challengingly, but then her eyes widened, as if she had just realized what she said.
West couldn’t think of anything to say or do. Katerina had just predicted this woman’s death.
Chapter 9
“Well I guess we all have to go sometime,” Agnes said weakly. She looked around the small apartment like a bird searching for a window to fly out of. “Do you have a bathroom?”
West shot to his feet. “Let me show you where it is.” He took Agnes a few steps down the hall and then returned to Katerina. She had her hands on her cheeks and was looking at him with the expression of an animal in stark fear.
“Oh my God. Oh my God. I can’t believe that just happened,” Katerina moaned.
“Is it true?”
“Yes. I think. I could see it West, I could see the thin wall in her heart. I don’t have any idea why I said less than two years, though. How could I know that?”
West put a hand on her shoulder. He didn’t know what to say to her. They sat in silence for several moments.
Long before West expected her, Agnes came back out from the bathroom. She sat heavily in her chair. She looked at Katerina, her gaze unwieldy. “Could you fix it?”
“What?”
“If you were to cut me open, could you fix it?”
Katerina shook her head no, but the words that came out of her mouth were more positive. “Maybe… if I were trained as a surgeon.”
Agnes nodded as if she had expected that. “What about your hands? Could you lay your hands on me and manipulate the energy of my body in some way that made it heal?”
Katerina looked at West, and he saw more deep fear in her eyes. He nodded encouragingly at her, thinking it was a question that she needed to answer.
“I’ve no idea. It’s not something that I’ve ever considered.”
“Of course not, you’ve just discovered you can do this. But consider it.”
West saw irritation flash in Katerina’s eyes and he wanted to warn the other woman not to push her, that Katerina had a short fuse these days and anything might topple her over what was proving to be a razor-thin edge.
Before he could say anything, Katerina lifted her chin and with a challenging note in her voice, said, “Let’s see.”
For a split second, West worried about Agnes’s safety. Then he shook his head, trying to dislodge the
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