WHO ARE YOU?
The darkest
cards in the tarot deck reveal the darkest side of the man sitting opposite
Janice—Mr. Edgar Kipp.
She feigns
an inability to read for him, but will he believe her? His parting words
indicate that he knows she knows he's a serial killer. And he plans to
return.
The voice of
her dead grandmother urges her to be careful, warning Janice she might be
seeing her own future in those foreboding cards.
But Janice
doesn't want to listen. Gran's dead.
How can she
possibly help her?
Excerpt from
Chapter 1 - The Reading:
Present day
“Well, tell
me my fortune then. What do you see?” he asked in a sharp nasally voice.
Janice
stared at the man sat opposite her. He had pinched features and thinning greasy
hair parted just above his ear and swept over the top of his head. Nothing about
him was unusual. He would easily fade into a crowd, yet there was something
about him that made her flesh creep.
One of her
clients had recommended him and, although that strange voice of his had echoed
down the phone, he had seemed reasonable. Well, as reasonable as one could tell
from a telephone conversation. She had told him the fee and he had agreed, so
she gave him a time and a date and wrote it in her diary. Now facing him, she
wished she hadn’t let him into her house.
She glanced
down at the pack of cards in her hand and began to shuffle them. Her reluctance
to read for him was growing with every moment that passed.
Be careful what you say. He’s dangerous, warned the voice. You’ll see, the
cards will show you. We’ll read them together, but say nothing.
“What are
you waiting for? You’re a fortune-teller, aren’t you?” He pressed his thin lips
together.
Janice
continued to shuffle the cards. Who are you? What are you? She asked
silently as she flipped over the first card. The Devil.
He’s evil, whispered the voice. He’s unbalanced, obsessed.
Janice
looked at the card on the table. Obsessed, but with what? Almost afraid,
she turned over the next card and stared. Death stared back at her.
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