Came Back Haunted (Experiment in Terror #10) - Karina Halle Page 0,99
for either right now. And as much as I would love to tell you all about my personal life, we have to focus on you. We have to work through this. And in the end I think I might be able to help you, if you keep an open mind and do as I say.”
For the first time in weeks, I’m properly intrigued.
Dare I say, hopeful.
“Perry, you wanting a baby as much as you do is normal. We’ve talked about this before. But you are not normal. You know this. I know this. Dex knows this. You are a very powerful woman, yes just as Samantha has said. She wasn’t lying to you about that. In fact, she’s never really lied to you…just purposely twisted the truth to suit her own needs. But we’ll come to that later. I have a lot to say about her.” She pauses, crossing her legs.
“How do you know that about her?”
“I’ll get to that. There’s so much to unpack here that we have to move quickly. We don’t have a lot of time.” I nod, vowing myself to shut up. She continues. “Back to the baby. Back to your abilities, your power, your energy. You can manifest and create things with ease, and you don’t even know it. Your need and want for the baby attracted so much energy to you because you feel things so incredibly deeply. You’re not just a magnet for your husband, you’re a magnet for others. Samantha took advantage of that need. Everything that happened was because of her.”
She’s right about that. Even poor Harry was compelled by her from beyond the grave to bring us into the house.
“Your need made her seek you out. She has a need too, to be free of her curse. It attracted Maximus to the house. He has a similar need, to be free of the Veil.”
“But Jacob brought Maximus back.”
“Did you ask him why now? If he’s been dead three years, why now? Jacob was fulfilling something, brought on by your need. It’s all connected. All of it. Even we’re connected.”
“How?” I ask her, but then I fill in the blanks. “We’ll get to that later, right?”
She gives me a quick smile. “I know Dex thinks that this will happen every time you want to have a baby. I don’t think that’s the case. I think things got out of hand because you kept it bottled up inside for too long, and when you were finally honest with him, it was too late. It was all in motion.”
“You’re saying this all happened because I didn’t tell Dex?” I ask incredulously.
“I’m saying that in normal people, it’s harmful to keep things bottled up. In your case, it has extreme consequences. Food for thought going forward.”
“He’s the one who kept something from me,” I point out indignantly.
“This isn’t a competition, Perry. You know why he kept it from you. Doesn’t mean it was the right thing to do. His actions have consequences too. This was something he was stewing over ever since you first stepped into that house. Having that worry at the back of his head constantly, well it’s no wonder that all that shit started happening to you. The two of you both have a power, and between the two of you…well, you know what happens, what that feels like.”
Oh god. She had a good long look at our sex life, didn’t she?
“Sorry,” she says, looking sheepish. “When I say I saw it all, I saw it all. But believe me when I say it was more than helpful.”
I scrunch up my nose, giving her an odd look. “Okaaaay.”
She folds her hands in her lap. “There are three things happening right now, and with a little luck, we can fix them all. One is that you want to get your friend out of the Veil. It sounds like your sister will be able to help with that, and no it doesn’t matter if you want her to or not, because she’s her own person with her own will and she will do as she likes.”
I cross my arms and grumble under my breath. I really don’t want Ada to do this, and I’m still holding out hope that Rose will get back to me.
“The second thing,” Dr. Leivo goes on, “is that Samantha wants to possess you in order to free herself. She’s got you at the lowest point possible. You’re already inviting her in. Your hatred for yourself is palpable, and