Two estranged sisters must use their paranormal gifts to prove themselves innocent when a college student goes missing.
Having escaped her dysfunctional past, Jess has been quietly enjoying her normal college experience. But all that changed the ni...
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Jess watched her mobile light up and vibrate against Tabitha's kitchen table, but she ignored it. Daryl's name continued to flash on the screen for a few seconds before it went dark.
'Want to talk about it?' Ash asked, finishing her pasta.
'No.'
'The Deputy won't be here for another half an hour,' she pointed out.
Jess tucked her hair behind her ear and turned her phone over. It wasn't the first time that Daryl had called, nor the second, or the third. But she was finding it hard to pick up the phone and talk to him.
She'd left him a rushed message when she'd woken up, making up an excuse for why she'd left the party. She was afraid to speak to him in case he started asking more questions. Lying to him was something she hated, but there would be no other option. Better instead to avoid him, she reasoned to herself.
'You're staring a hole into that phone case,' Ash said.
Jess pushed it further out of her view and turned back to look at her half full plate. 'It's Daryl.'
'Your boyfriend?'
She grimaced, but nodded. 'I don't really know what to say to him.'
'Do you want to tell him?'
'Not really.'
Ash wandered to the sink and started filling the bowl. 'So you're not worried about telling him? So what are you worried about?'
'I'm not worried.'
'But you are nervous about something.'
Jess was glad Ash had her back to her. It was hard to argue with a psychic. There was a lump in her stomach at the thought of speaking to Daryl.
'He's a nice guy,' she said.
'A lot of guys are.'
'Things used to be less complicated. And now I don't know what's happened. I don't really know why we're together.'
Ash wiped her hands and leaned against the counter. 'Because it was an easy option?'
'No. Maybe. I don't know.' Jess sighed. 'It used to just be about sex now and then, and then he wanted to come over more. We double dated with people, and pretty soon everyone just said we were a couple.'
'It became a habit.'
'It was easy because although we were together, we never really talk. We go to parties, he trains a lot, I'm studying most of the time. We don't see each other all that often.'
'And he helps you fit in?'
'What does that mean?' Jess asked.
'Jesse, are you telling me that you'd be going to parties all the time if someone wasn't dragging you?'
