gathered my
courage. “Jessica, I want you to be honest, and don’t hold anything back when I
ask you this next question. Okay?” Wide-eyed, she agreed with a nod. “That
morning when I tripped and you helped me up – you looked shocked and you
started acting all weird. Was that because you could feel my…I guess my lack of
Essence. Am I sick or something? Are you able to sense that? Because I’m
thinking you did and have been too afraid to tell me.”
Her jaw dropped
so low she looked like she was waiting for the dentist to pull out a tooth.
“I’m so sorry. I—” She broke off and sat gaping at me before pulling me into
one of her vice-grip hugs. “Oh Lexi,” she gasped for air and looked at me, “I’m
super sorry I made you think that. You’re not sick. Your Essence is soooo
prevalent it’s…it’s transcendent! I’ve never felt such powerful Essence in
anyone before. You could probably heal yourself and a hundred other people all
at the same time.”
“What?” I said,
staring at her in disbelief, everything in my body shutting down.
CHAPTER
5 – AN AMETHYST IN THE ROUGH
“When you
tripped and I grabbed your arm, you were radiating incredible energy flow.”
Looking at me intently, she said, “Lexi, you are an Amethyst in the
rough. I think you have the ability to be a Healer, just like me and my mom.
All you need is training and guidance…”
My ears cleared,
and I could hear her incredible words. The noise level from children shouting
and playing in the water suddenly became deafening. I was on sensory overload
and too astounded with Jessica’s news to utter any kind of intelligible
response.
“It’s okay.” She
flashed a reassuring smile. “Please believe me when I say it’s true. Very true.
And I can teach you how to use your Essence and help people. Lots of people.
You’ll be able to help them all the time.” She spoke with confidence, her face
serious.
“Th-this must be
a m-mistake,” I faltered.
“No,” she said
with certainty, “I promise this is no mistake. You have a gift, just like mine.
If you let me teach you how, you can save a lot of people, too.” She looked at
me expectantly.
I was too numb
to respond. She thought she could teach me to save people. Ha! If she only knew
that’s what I’d been doing all my life – or more recently, that’s what I’d been
failing to do. And now…now she lays this on me. Staring at her dumbly, I felt
like the fates were playing tug-of-war with my soul.
Unable to wait
any longer for my response, she said breathlessly, “You and I together could
work so many miracles. You know that college student who just came out of his
coma, the one who was found unconscious in Fairhaven?” I managed a nod. “Well,
there’s a reason he came out of his coma,” she said, lowering her voice. My
eyes widened to saucers as she continued. “I snuck into his hospital room and
shared my Essence.” My jaw dropped, and she nodded furiously. “Lexi, imagine
the good you could do; your Essence is extraordinary. And,” she said
desperately, “If my suspicions about what happened to him are correct, there
will be a lot more people turning up in the same condition. You becoming an
Amethyst is imperative to our cause. With both of us working as a team we can
stop the people responsible for…well, stop so many people from dying
unnecessarily.”
She rambled on
about her cause or something but nothing registered. I was lost, shutting out
reality. I didn’t know what she talking about, and I didn’t care. My curiosity
was muted, because I was absorbed in my own despair and denial. Now that she’d
involved me, I needed breathing room – time to think. Hastily, I started
pulling on my socks and shoes. I could feel the fury building in the pit of my
stomach. I wanted to scream. What was she talking about? Here I was trying to
escape the premonitions, and now I was being told I could heal people, as well.
This was completely insane. I was
courage. “Jessica, I want you to be honest, and don’t hold anything back when I
ask you this next question. Okay?” Wide-eyed, she agreed with a nod. “That
morning when I tripped and you helped me up – you looked shocked and you
started acting all weird. Was that because you could feel my…I guess my lack of
Essence. Am I sick or something? Are you able to sense that? Because I’m
thinking you did and have been too afraid to tell me.”
Her jaw dropped
so low she looked like she was waiting for the dentist to pull out a tooth.
“I’m so sorry. I—” She broke off and sat gaping at me before pulling me into
one of her vice-grip hugs. “Oh Lexi,” she gasped for air and looked at me, “I’m
super sorry I made you think that. You’re not sick. Your Essence is soooo
prevalent it’s…it’s transcendent! I’ve never felt such powerful Essence in
anyone before. You could probably heal yourself and a hundred other people all
at the same time.”
“What?” I said,
staring at her in disbelief, everything in my body shutting down.
CHAPTER
5 – AN AMETHYST IN THE ROUGH
“When you
tripped and I grabbed your arm, you were radiating incredible energy flow.”
Looking at me intently, she said, “Lexi, you are an Amethyst in the
rough. I think you have the ability to be a Healer, just like me and my mom.
All you need is training and guidance…”
My ears cleared,
and I could hear her incredible words. The noise level from children shouting
and playing in the water suddenly became deafening. I was on sensory overload
and too astounded with Jessica’s news to utter any kind of intelligible
response.
“It’s okay.” She
flashed a reassuring smile. “Please believe me when I say it’s true. Very true.
And I can teach you how to use your Essence and help people. Lots of people.
You’ll be able to help them all the time.” She spoke with confidence, her face
serious.
“Th-this must be
a m-mistake,” I faltered.
“No,” she said
with certainty, “I promise this is no mistake. You have a gift, just like mine.
If you let me teach you how, you can save a lot of people, too.” She looked at
me expectantly.
I was too numb
to respond. She thought she could teach me to save people. Ha! If she only knew
that’s what I’d been doing all my life – or more recently, that’s what I’d been
failing to do. And now…now she lays this on me. Staring at her dumbly, I felt
like the fates were playing tug-of-war with my soul.
Unable to wait
any longer for my response, she said breathlessly, “You and I together could
work so many miracles. You know that college student who just came out of his
coma, the one who was found unconscious in Fairhaven?” I managed a nod. “Well,
there’s a reason he came out of his coma,” she said, lowering her voice. My
eyes widened to saucers as she continued. “I snuck into his hospital room and
shared my Essence.” My jaw dropped, and she nodded furiously. “Lexi, imagine
the good you could do; your Essence is extraordinary. And,” she said
desperately, “If my suspicions about what happened to him are correct, there
will be a lot more people turning up in the same condition. You becoming an
Amethyst is imperative to our cause. With both of us working as a team we can
stop the people responsible for…well, stop so many people from dying
unnecessarily.”
She rambled on
about her cause or something but nothing registered. I was lost, shutting out
reality. I didn’t know what she talking about, and I didn’t care. My curiosity
was muted, because I was absorbed in my own despair and denial. Now that she’d
involved me, I needed breathing room – time to think. Hastily, I started
pulling on my socks and shoes. I could feel the fury building in the pit of my
stomach. I wanted to scream. What was she talking about? Here I was trying to
escape the premonitions, and now I was being told I could heal people, as well.
This was completely insane. I was
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