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She regards me for some time, and I resist the urge to squirm.
Eventually, she says, “Whatever you’re dealing with is big. Let’s not kid ourselves. This isn’t going to be a stroll in the park. I sense danger and deceit, but also love… of the pure kind… it’s rare. And you’ve got help… spiritually and physically. A lot of help.
“I don’t know how it’s all going to play out…There are many interconnecting wheels. They were set in motion well before your current dilemma. And each wheel is depending on the action of the others… it’s too big of a picture for me to put together. I’ve never experienced this, but I’ve been waiting for it.
“I normally get a sense of what’s ahead, like with the girl you overheard, but with you?
“The key players are all assembled, but the ending is yet unwritten,” she tells me, handing me my cup of tea.
I laugh nervously. “I don’t think I’m any wiser than before.”
“You’re overwhelmed with what’s happened, and that’s understandable, given the magnitude. But the universe always has the perfect solution. Trust it. Things are always working out for you.”
My eyebrows shoot up. “How can you say that? How can you say things are always working out for me? How did my parents’ sudden death work out for me? The death of other people I knew?” People like Oriana, and Sofia, and Rhia’s aunt, Beth? “And don’t give me a shit answer like it was their time to go.” I’m raising my voice now. This is crap.
“But it was,” Claudette insists calmly. “You need to consider the bigger picture. You’re not seeing it, which is why the events you’re thinking about have impacted you so much. You might not like what happens, but it’s correct and for your highest good.
“Everything that has happened got you to this point here today. Puzzle pieces are sliding into place. I can see them. I might not know what each piece is, but they fit together perfectly.”
“And what is this point here today?” I ask, frustrated. Can she just stop speaking in riddles? But then I really don’t think she knows either.
“Your soul has one mission in this lifetime. And that’s to be complete again.”
I shoot up as if pricked by a thousand needles and stare at Claudette with my mouth hanging open
What?!? What did she just say?
Chapter Thirty-Nine
Ella
Theblooddrainsfrommy body.
My vision goes dark before shooting stars fly off in every direction.
I sway, my legs giving out, and Claudette is immediately by my side to catch me.
“Whoa, Ash. Easy, girl.” She sits me down again, reaching for a bottle of water and uncapping it. “Here, drink this.”
I shake my head.
I don’t need water, I need answers.
“How do you know about that?” I whisper, shocked to my core.
“I knew the moment you broke the heart,” Claudette says. “It stunned me.”
It had the same effect on me. “Two years ago, a drunk Scotsman told me my soul is not one but three. I assumed he was talking about my parents’ death because we were so close, and I was so shattered afterward. Now, I’m not so sure.”
Goosebumps are running down the entire length of my body, and I can’t breathe.
“What does it all mean?” I ask.
“That’s for you to work out, darling. And you will… but go easy on yourself until you do.”
She either doesn’t want to tell me or she doesn’t know herself. Either way sucks.
I rise to my feet and with a forced smile say goodnight.
