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could be … no … it couldn’t be. Could it?”
    Pearl
took hold of Jenny’s arm and led her to the kitchen table. “Stop babbling. Sit
down and tell us everything. Grace, you sit down too. You can have whatever’s
in that cup and paper bag whilst Jenny talks.”
    Jenny
and Grace did as they were told. Pearl sat between them but she kept glancing
towards the far wall.
    Jenny
said, “I told you that Elsa started working at a florist’s shop, didn’t I?
Well, she started having an affair with a married man who was a customer. I
never met him, all I know is that he was called Giles. I didn’t even know his
second name. He went to the florist to buy flowers for his sick wife. I told
you how gullible Elsa was. Apparently, he no longer loved his wife but he
couldn’t leave her because she was too poorly. Elsa fell for his story and soon
became involved with him. She was happy to have whatever bits of time he could
throw her way.” Jenny shook her head. “The amount of times she phoned me in
tears because he’d let her down …”
    Grace
put down her coffee. “Do you think it could be Giles in the photo?”
    “I
don’t know. I had a good talk with Elsa after Giles had let her down on her
birthday and I told her she deserved better. She agreed and a day later she
told me that she’d ended it with him. I believed her.”
    Grace
said, “Was Elsa still involved with him at the time of your death?”
    “Absolutely
not.” Jenny’s brow wrinkled. “That’s what Elsa told me anyway.”
    Pearl
added, “She could have lied. People are stupid when they’re in love. This Giles
fella could have been the one who murdered you. Did he know that you were
leaving everything to Elsa in your will?”
    Jenny
shrugged.
    Pearl
carried on, “It’s possible that he did. If your Elsa is as gullible as you say,
he could have convinced her to kill you for the money.”
    Jenny
leapt to her feet. “Never! Elsa would never do that!”
    Grace
shared a knowing look with Pearl. It wasn’t unknown for family members to
murder each other.
    Grace
said, “We need to get to the bottom of this. Are you ready to try another
vision? We might go back to the wedding. Jenny?”
    Jenny
wiped a tear away and nodded. Grace retrieved the headset from the cupboard
and, after a quick peek in the shop to make sure Frankie and Beth were
occupied, returned to the kitchen.
    Grace
held the handset out. Jenny touched it and they were immediately taken back to
Jenny’s university lodgings.
    The
young Jenny was looking in the mirror, her new headset in place. Her friend
spoke from the doorway. Grace was prepared, she turned to look at Jenny’s
friend.
    A
sudden pain shot through Grace’s stomach. She screamed and collapsed to the
floor.
    Jenny’s
friend spoke again sending fresh spasms of pain through Grace. Through clenched
teeth, Grace pleaded, “Jenny! Make it stop!”

 

 
    Chapter
15

 
    Grace
squeezed her eyes closed and curled into a ball. It was a few moments before
she realised that someone was calling her name. She opened her eyes to see
Pearl looking down at her.
    Pearl
reached out her hands and moved them towards Grace’s stomach. A warmth flooded
through Grace. It felt like someone had placed a hot-water bottle over her. The
pain seeped from her stomach in seconds.
    Pearl
studied her. “Grace, are you alright? Speak to me.”
    Grace
tried to smile. She realised she was lying on the kitchen floor. She got to her
feet. Her knees felt weak and she collapsed into the nearest chair. She turned
to Pearl and said, “What just happened to me? I didn’t think I could get hurt
in a vision.”
    Jenny
started to cry. “It’s my fault! Something happened in my past and now it’s
hurting you!”
Pearl made a shushing noise towards Jenny. “Grace, tell me what it felt like. I
saw you clutch your tummy just before you collapsed.”
    Grace
winced at the memory of the pain. “It felt like someone had kicked me in the
stomach.”
    Pearl
nodded and