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said firmly, “Betrayal, that’s what it is. I felt that many times
when I used to help ghosts. Are you okay now? You gave me such a fright!”
    Grace
nodded. “I was trying to look at Jenny’s friend when it happened. Does that
mean that Jenny’s friend betrayed her?”
    Pearl
and Grace looked at Jenny who was still crying. Grace heard a sigh of
exasperation coming from Pearl. She didn’t blame her, she was starting to feel
the same.
    Grace
said, “Jenny, you have to stop crying. I can’t help you when you’re like this.
You have to tell me who was in that university room with you. You have to remember.”
    Jenny
sniffed and gave them a watery smile. “I know. I’m sorry. I never cried this
much when I was alive. I remember who she is, and I remember what she did.”
Jenny sat down. Sudden concern crossed her face. “Grace, if I talk about her,
will you be in pain again?”
    Grace
raised her eyebrows and looked at Pearl. The elderly ghost shook her head and
explained, “Grace is fine now but she can’t go back into any visions with you.
Tell us everything, no matter how painful.”
    Jenny
began, “She’s called Letty. We were at high school together. We became best
friends within minutes of meeting each other. You just have a connection with
some people. Anyway, we went to the same university. Letty knew about my plans
to become a professional party organiser. She didn’t know what she wanted to do
and so she agreed to take the same course as me. We made plans about the
company that we would set up together.
    “That
day, the one in the vision, is when Letty gave me the headset as a present. I
was overjoyed, as you could see. She left me a note with the present. It was a
peculiar note and I thought it was a bit strange at the time. The note wished
me luck. Letty had written that she was my number one supporter and I should
never forgot that. She went on to say that she would be right at my side
forever.”
    “She
sounds like some sort of stalker,” Pearl pointed out.
    Jenny
nodded. “I got a bit of a funny feeling when I read it, but then I put those
feelings to one side as being innocent. Letty was my best friend, I knew she
wanted the best for me.”
    Grace
said, “Did Letty take all the same classes as you?”
    “She
did. She wasn’t very good at them and I sometimes thought she could try harder.
I mentioned that to her one day and she said what was the point? She said she
would be riding on the coat-tails of my success and I was the one who needed to
work hard.”
    “She
sounds like a stalker and a controller,” Pearl noted. “You should have cut her
out of your life.”
    Jenny
hung her head. “I couldn’t. She was my best friend.” She looked up. “Towards
the end of my course I started looking for jobs. One came up for a company in
Manchester, the same company that I told you about earlier. I’d been doing
research and I knew that they were one of the best. It would be a dream to work
for them. I applied for the job.”
    Pearl
interrupted, “Don’t tell me, did Letty apply for the job too?”
    Jenny
nodded. “I felt terrible when I got an interview and Letty got a letter saying
no, thank you. I was tempted not to go for the interview but Mum convinced me
otherwise. I got the job. When I told Letty she said she was pleased for me but
I could see a hardness in her eyes.
    “I
moved to Manchester as soon as I left university. I stayed in touch with Letty but
she became colder with me. I was too busy with my work to think about her much.
But then I saw her at one of the events I was helping to organise. It was a
christening and the guests had moved to a hotel after the church business was
over. I saw Letty moving around the guests, giving out cards. She came over to
me and informed me she had set up her own events business and she was drumming
up clients.”
    “What
a cheek!” Pearl said. “Trying to steal your clients like that! What did you
say?”
    “I
stupidly wished her luck. She