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sooner.”
    “Oh.” Gemma didn’t sound convinced. “Are you sure?”
    “Of course I’m sure,” Holly was stung by her friend’s doubt. “She was jealous of my promotion of course so was trying to sabotage my presentation. She gave me a cup of coffee on Friday morning, which is when she must’ve slipped me the pills.”
    “Holly, that doesn’t really make sense,” Gemma said in a tentative voice.
    “What do you mean it doesn’t make sense? Of course it does. She couldn’t bear the idea of losing out so she decided to drug me up.”
    “Yes but what would be the point of only giving you four pills? I mean all she would’ve ended up doing is making you fall asleep for a night. It hardly would’ve stopped you doing your presentation on Monday morning.”
    “Apart from the fact that I’m dead .”
    “Holly...look all I’m saying is that Tina would have to be pretty stupid to try and think anything much could happen with only four pills.”
    Holly felt some of the wind go out of her sails. “Well, perhaps she was just hoping I would fall asleep in the bath and drown? After all, that’s not so silly, since it really did happen.”
    “Perhaps,” Gemma sounded doubtful. “But to be honest I think the whole thing was either an accident OR the person we’re looking for had a particular reason for wanting to make sure you didn’t go out last Friday night.”
    She’s right you know, Vince suddenly spoke and Holly almost fell off the bed in shock. Besides which, I don’t think Tina’s clever enough to do it.
    Holly reached up to her lips. Had her mouth moved? She was pretty certain they hadn’t but to be honest she couldn’t quite recall. Since what with being turned into a guy and then finding out she was body sharing with the same guy, her short-term memory seemed to be a bit up the wall.
    I think we can speak telepathically, Vince informed her, the sound of his voice reverberated inside her head...his head...their head.
    Did you just read my mind? Holly tentatively tried to speak to him. And could she just say that it was the perfect ending to a perfect day. Not only was she trapped in a body of a geek, he would soon have unlimited access to all of her dark dirty secrets.
    I don’t think so, Vince replied. Unless you were thinking about why one of us can go to the sleep while the other one is still awake.
    Holly let out a sigh of a relief since that particular problem was way down her list right now. Which meant that at least her secrets could stay dark and dirty.
    S-so you mean we can speak to each other without moving our lips?
    My lips, Vince corrected. But yes, that seems to be what’s happening.
    “Holly?” Gemma was saying. “Are you all right? You’re not speaking.”
    Holly realized just how hard this was going to be. Especially when I have to share a body with someone who has NO idea of boundaries, she muttered to herself.
    I heard that, Vince sang out but Holly was too depressed to even comment as it occurred to she was right back to the beginning again.
    At this rate she was going to spend the rest of her life in Level One, having to put up with all the horrid rejects, while people like her parents were up on Level Three probably wearing lovely white linen togas and bathing in chocolate. Well, not at the same time obviously on account of the complete mess it would make, but it was still just so unfair. How had she managed to screw up her death so spectacularly?
    “Holly...Holly. Are you okay?” Gemma asked from the other end of the phone. “I know you’re disappointed, but I think you’re turning a molehill into a mountain. We’ll get through this thing. We always do.”
    Oh yes, and apart from not getting invited to any heavenly chocolate orgies, she was also going to have freak Gemma out once again by filling her in on Vince’s reappearance. Suddenly impossible was taking on a whole new meaning.

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
    CHAPTER EIGHT
     
    “Okay, so here’s the plan,”