![]() ![]() She started to tremble, then fell back in a swoon. Unfairly, cruelly blamed by a world jealous of your talent, your beauty, your capacity for love.” Not only has someone you loved deeply been taken away-you have been blamed for it. Shawn put his fingertips to his forehead and sniffed the air. “Yes, you sensed that already,” Gus said. “But not this time,” Shawn said, dropping his arms. “Often I need to use my hands to be sure,” Shawn said, extending his arms toward her. ![]() “You have to understand that Shawn sees the spirit world so clearly that sometimes he can’t tell if he’s addressing a living person or a ghost.” Gus dived for the door, throwing himself between the woman and the exit. The hope flickered out and died.“I’m sorry. “I’m sensing that you were not the victim,” Shawn said. “I’m sensing something.” Shawn rose out of the chair as if yanked up by unseen strings and stared into the woman’s eyes. Shawn lay spread-eagle in his desk chair, arms flung out at his sides, legs up on the desk, eyes screwed shut. Gus heard a moan of pain from behind him. ![]()
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