As they walked to her and began talking. Andrei and I got to work. Before we started, I told Ivan he needed to lower his bubble. “You’re very quick now, Squish. I have full confidence you’ll catch anything before it gets to me, but I ne rd hull access to her to go fishing.”
I could feel his discomfort at the thought of lowering his bubble, but he did so. Begrudgingly
Andrei and I quickly snooped through her head as she was talking to Battista and Dr. Williams. She was quite excited for the possibility of getting a new wing on the hospital, but not for the reasons one would think. She was already planning on ways to launder money through the project, taking a significant portion for herself, of course. She was also planning on making the publicity around the project all about her, making it seem like she was the one that made this happen.
She knew everything about Ricardo. She was in touch with Ricardo, just as Herry likely was by now. She was following his orders when it came to anything to do with the city. She was going to be slightly more problematic to get rid of than I originally thought. But not impossible. She was just more connected than I thought she would be. I should’ve known.
Instead of waiting for Battista, we quietly left and went to join Adrik and the others once again. Ilya caught us walking back toward the group. “Sephie, something’s happening and I can’t explain it,” he said, urgently.
“To you?” I asked.
He shook his head no. “No, not to me. It’s the wait staff that’s here. I was by the door to the kitchen a moment ago. One of them is having some kind of attack. They’re trying to keep it quiet, but nobody knows what to do. The person is screaming that she can see ghosts.”
Ivan quickly told the group to go to the kitchen, as we followed Ilya. We tried to be as discreet as possible, but it was difficult given the size of the men I chose to keep company with. Most people noticed us leaving toward the kitchen, but their curiosity was short-lived as there was an auction starting right at the same moment.
When we got to the kitchen, there was one poor girl being held down by three others. She was still struggling, urgently telling people that she could see things no one else could see. They thought she was being violent and a danger to everyone around her. In truth, she was scared out of her mind.
After a quick glance to Ivan, he removed the three guys holding her down so she could sit up on her own. She was just a little thing. She was definitely younger than me, with blonde hair and pretty grey eyes. I’m sure when she wasn’t scared for her life, she was quite adorable. I knelt down ins front of her, as calmly as I could, asking her what she was seeing. “There’s an older man out there. He has a ghost standing next to him.”
“The older man, can you describe him for me?”
She described Vitaliy perfectly. It was Lena she was seeing.
“Is that all you’re seeing?” I asked.
“No. She glanced around the room, her eyes landing on Viktor before looking away. There’s another one,” she said in almost a whisper.
“She’s seeing Lena and Kostya. Get everyone else out of here.”
The room was cleared in a matter of seconds.
“What’s your name?” I asked.
“Jessica.”
“Hi Jessica. I’m Sephie. Can you stand up on your own, Jessica?”
She nodded, standing up. I stood up with her, but I was careful not to touch her. If she could see Lena and Kostya, I wasn’t sure what else she would be able to see. I didn’t want to scare her anymore than she already was.
“The other one you see, it’s a little boy, isn’t it?” I asked her.
Her eyes got wide. “You… You can see them too?”
“I can’t right now, but I have in the past. What I’m going to tell you might be difficult for you to believe right now, but you’re not seeing ghosts, Jessica. They’re angels 1 paused, mostly to gauge her reaction. Her eyebrows Timed as she thought about what I just said “The two men associated
” with those angels are very special men. Those angels watch over them There’s nothing to be scared of You have a special gif You can see things most people can’t
“Angels are real?” she asked.
“Very real. I have more than one that keep watch over me. One is just very busy and pops in and out as his schedule allows,” I said, smiling at her. “The other one is with me all the time” She scanned the room, her eyes landing on Ivan.
“He looks different from the others,” she said. She was trying to be quiet enough that Ivan wouldn’t be able to hear.
“He is different. He needs to be to stay with me all the time,” I said, I could feel her starting to relax. Her curiosity was overtaking her fear now. “There’s no reason to fear what you’re seeing. Jessica.”
“Nobody else would believe me. They called me crazy. They said I was on drugs or having a me ntal breakdown,” she said, tears welling up in her eyes. The urge to hug her was getting very strong
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