Multiversum by Leonardo Patrignani Read Free Book Online

physically close to that voice, a voice that had become a familiar sound in her head. Her dream needed to become real now. Jenny wanted to come face to face with those eyes that till now she’d only glimpsed, and maybe it was finally time.
    On a page dated 18 August 2014, the entry’s first paragraph was a direct quote of a definition she’d found on Wikipedia:
    Telepathy, also known as thought transmission, is the theoretical ability to communicate with the mind, that is, without using any other known sensory channels or tools. The term telepathy was coined in 1882 by Frederic William Henry Myers, and it comes from the ancient Greek τηλε , tele meaning ‘distant’ and πάθεια , pátheia meaning ‘feeling, perception, passion, affliction, experience’. Like precognition and clairvoyance, telepathy is considered to be a form of extra-sensory perception (ESP) and, in more general terms, as a paranormal power. It falls into the research field of parapsychology.
    Was this the power that linked them together? Was this their gift?
    Jenny had already come across the word ‘telepathy’ in movies and books, but it was always a power that could be used in a specific place and time, with a person who was present and within immediate range of the telepathic subject. In her case, the most difficult mystery to explain was the enormous distance that separated her from Alex.
    Jenny slipped into a tracksuit, slid her diary into a drawer and out of sight, gave Alex one final lingering thought, and got ready to go downstairs, where her mother was waiting for her.
    I wonder when he’ll get here …
    Alex slept at Marco’s house on Thursday and Friday night, and on Saturday morning he booked his flight to Melbourne. A one-week stay, not counting travel days. He decided that that ought to be long enough for their first ‘date’.
    On Sunday morning he had another telepathic encounter with Jenny, and by now it was quite clear that something had changed in their interaction.
    Alex experienced a very strange sensation before establishing contact with her. He felt as though he’d called her. That he’d captured her frequency, as if his mind, or his soul, were an antenna of some kind.
    Did you hear it too? Alex asked, positive that Jenny would understand what he was talking about.
    I recognise the sound of you … No, it’s not a sound, it’s like a light, something that appears inside my mind. I don’t even know how to put it into words .
    I’m sure I called you .
    I know .
    In two days I’ll be in Australia, Jenny. I’m scheduled to land at ten in the morning .
    Just then, Alex sensed a new vibration and the noise of a storm drawing nearer. A thunderclap exploded between the walls of his brain, but it caused no pain. In fact, it gave him an odd sense of power, as if it had somehow expanded his mind, as if the thunder had burst his skull wide open.
    Tell me where I can meet you , Alex added, as another booming roar drowned out their conversation.
    I don’t know .
    Just tell me the name of a place, any place at all, somewhere we can meet .
    She hesitated for a few seconds before answering. Altona Pier .
    What’s that? asked Alex, but at that very moment he lost contact with her.
    Alex opened his eyes wide. He was stretched out on the sofa in Marco’s living room. His friend was a couple of metres away, looking at him curiously.
    â€˜Were you with her?’ he asked.
    Alex looked around the room for a few seconds, to re-establish contact with reality.
    â€˜I need to check something,’ he said, sitting up. ‘I have to see whether there’s such a place as Altona Pier. And find out where it is.’
    â€˜We can find out right away.’ Marco went over to his computer and quickly typed in the name his friend had just told him. From a quick glance at Google Maps, it appeared to be a pier on the bay, in a