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when she got to her ninth month he had her husband killed.  She had been scared for her life, and had run away before giving birth in the wild .  It is believed that she and the baby both died in the wilderness to the north of his land as the harsh winter settled in .”
    S tacy cleared her throat, “Are you sure it was twenty -five years ago?”
    Cass frowned and looked towards Stan who answered thoughtfully, “Now that I think about it, it was more like nineteen years ago.”
    “Oh God,” Stacy murmured as she fell back against the seat.  Jacob grabbed her hand, and said urgently, “Sweetie, it may not be her.  I mean, she was found so far away from here.”
    Stacy just shook her head as she said, “We do not know where she was found before she was delivered to the orphanage.” 
    At the confusion on the Stan and Cass’s face, Jacob explained as Stacy wrung he r hands, “Emily turns 19 in a week on the 20th .  W e found her in orphanage about 10 00 miles from here.”
    “At the age of three, she would wake up in the night screaming and crying.  She would tell me of the dreams she would have, and I would assure her that they were exactly that dreams,” Stacy spoke softly, “until one night, she dreamed of a young girl dying, being drowned by her mom’s boyfriend.  I thought she had watched a scary movie before she went to bed so I tucked her in and laid with her until she fell back to asleep.  Three days later, reading the newspaper, I cam e across an article about a young girl who had drowned in a ba thtub, and the police discovered her mom’s boyfriend’s hand pr ints all over her body and the bathtub.  That was when I realized that she was not having dreams, but visions.”  Stan and Cass were stunned into silence.
    Jacob sa id then, “We think her visions are evolving.  Before we came here, she saw the present and the future, but now we believe she is getting visions of the past .”
    Cass spoke, “The night you first arrived and what happened at the Fair …”
    Stacy nodded her head.
    Stan closed his eyes as he thought back to that night, the look of terror on the young woman’s face, and he stated, “She was the one who told you about Michaela.”
    “If he finds out about her,” Cass whispered, “he would not hesitate to take her along with Michaela because Michaela is just a child still developing her gift; Emily is a young woman whose gift has matured and could be more useful to him.”
    Stacy and Jacob looked at each other then them, “That is what we are afraid of.”
    The four adults sat in silence after that for they did not know what to do about this situation.
    They would have to think fast because that night E mily’s vision developed farther , and she woke up screaming so loud that everybody went running to their room.

Chapter 7
     
    “Emily!” Sasha was yelling when the door flung open.  In their doorway sto od, Cass and Stan, Stacy and Jacob , Mark, Michaela, and Jay who was pale as he watched Emily scream.
    Sasha turned to them, and she cried, “I don’t know what to do.”
    Stacy hurried forward, and Sasha moved away right into Mark’s arms.
    “Sweetheart,” Stacy murmured stroking her hair, but Emily’s eyes were blank, and she was still screaming shaking her head back and forward.  Finally, Jay could not take it any longer, and he went across the room to the bed.
    “Sorry,” he muttered to Stacy before he swept her aside, and pulled Emily into his arms.  Her eyes were still blank, but her screaming subsided.  Then her eyes came into focus as she looked at everyone, then she burst into tears clinging to Jay as if he was her lifeline.
    She cried and cried until she had no more tears in her, and she just lay limp in his arms as he stroked her back with his big hands.
    “What was your vision of this time?” Sasha asked from the circle of Mark’s arms.  Jay’s hands froze for a moment then continued as he waited for her answer.
    Emily sniffled for a