Visions of Destiny (Complete Series) by Kallysten

Author:Kallysten
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-07-06T04:00:00+00:00

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When Daisy entered the dining room after leaving Cathleen and Woods alone, everyone turned to her at once. Her friends’ expressions showed various degrees of amusement and incredulity.

Without preamble, Mike asked, “Is it true?”

Again Daisy had the clear feeling she had missed a joke or something. Smiling, she raised a questioning eyebrow at him. “Is what true?”

Since Mike was chuckling, Brad answered for him, gesturing at Brett with his empty glass. “Brett claims he forgot everything he saw. Is that true?”

“It is, yes,” Daisy answered absently as she picked up a few hors d’oeuvres and set them on a plate. “Remember how Woods said if you talk about it, you forget faster? Brett just wouldn’t stop talking.”

When she turned back to take a seat, she realized everyone was looking at her and froze for a second, wondering what was going on. She didn’t have to wait long before Mike asked, “So…you heard him?”

His eyes were gleaming with a greedy light. She could already guess what his next question would be.

“I heard part of it, yes,” she admitted, cautious, as she sat down.

She already regretted having said anything, and regretted it even more when Mike rubbed his hands together. “Excellent! You can tell us then!”

She looked at Brett. He hadn’t said a word yet and was clutching a half full glass of wine like it was a life line, although he wasn’t drinking from it. He barely seemed aware that he was holding it. His expression was one of confusion and she had a feeling that he didn’t know whether he wanted to hear about his own vision or not.

Thinking back to how agitated he had been earlier, upset enough to say he wanted to forget, she instantly made up her mind.

“I don’t think it’s my place to say anything,” she said warily, looking away from Brett. “I mean, I just heard a few words. Maybe they made sense to Brett when he was saying them, but it was gibberish to me.”

Before she even finished, she could see that they weren’t convinced in the least.

“Come on!” Brad said, “It’s not fair to him that he did this and can’t remember what he saw!”

Trying to defuse the tension, she looked at Mike and grinned. “There’s one thing that was pretty clear. He didn’t mention you. At all. Are you sure that you remember your vision?”

Mike smiled and raised his glass, toasting her. “Touché.”

Brett seemed to wake from his torpor and frowned at him at once. “I knew you were joking!”

Everybody else burst out laughing, and eventually even Brett smiled.

To Daisy’s relief, the conversation now shifted toward safer topics: work, new cars, family news, people they knew from college. Every so often, though, Daisy’s eyes returned to Brett. He looked calmer but a small frown creased his usually affable features. Had he truly forgotten everything? Or did he remember bits and pieces, isolated elements that did little more than confuse him?

As Joan stood to pick up some hors d’oeuvre, Daisy realized that the table was all but empty.

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