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last
night."
    Dr. Kern sat forward, shocked. "Your
sister?"
    "I know, I couldn't believe it either,
but there she was in the mirror looking right at me, just as
beautiful as always."
    "What did she say?"
    "She said that she missed me and would
visit me again soon."
    For a quick moment, she wondered if she
had made a mistake in sharing this information about her sister's
visit with her doctor. He was certain not to believe her, but it
didn't matter. She knew what she saw, and that was all that
mattered.
    Bianca closed her eyes a moment, then
sat up as if experiencing an epiphany. "It's been months since my
family died and since then, I've been living this dull life, just
varying degrees of boredom and gloom. There is absolutely no
excitement."
    "What do you want to do about it?" Dr.
Kern asked in his famous nonchalant tone.
    "I'd like to be someone else, if only
for one day," she said with a smile. "Someone different, someone
like my sister and do things only she would do."
    "But your sister was murdered, wasn't
she?"
    "Yeah," Bianca said as if remembering.
"But at least she knew how to have fun."
    Bianca glanced at Dr. Kern, waiting for
a response to her statement, but nothing. He was as dry as a nail.
As Bianca enjoyed the silence, she seemed more concerned with the
excitement that her sister experienced than her sister's tragedy.
It was only because Bianca was no stranger to tragedy, and it was
now time for the excitement.
     
     

Chapter 2
     
    BIANCA RELAXED IN HER ALL white,
sanitized kitchen, the only room in her apartment not purposely
sprinkled with the color red. Red was her favorite color and not
only because red was such a daring color, but more importantly, it
was her sister's favorite color. She read through the pages of her
inspirational book, This is Your Life, renewing her positive
spirits with each sentence. Her blue funnel of despair was trying
to tell her something: that she needed to do something, something
different, no matter how outrageous. It was her recent session with
Dr. Kern that offered her a new perspective. Somehow, it was during
the time in his presence that new ideas came to her, and suddenly,
her life didn't appear as dismal as before. She found it strange
how an idea, even without all the necessary details, could stir so
much excitement in her and award her so much hope.
    Bianca poured herself some red wine
from the bottle on the table, and just as she drew the glass to her
mouth, she heard the voice of her sister, Sandy.
    "Biancaaaaaaa?
Biancaaaaaaa?"
    Bianca slammed the glass down, almost
breaking it and raced into the front room. "Sandy?" Bianca stood
before the hall mirror and right before her eyes, she saw the image
of her beautiful sister, Sandy.
    "How are you, Bianca?"
    "I want you to come back, Sandy. I miss
you."
    "I wish I could. But I can't. Besides,
you don't need me anymore."
    "Yes, I do."
    "You only think that you
do."
    Bianca was silent for a moment, soaking
up the presence of her sister. "I've been thinking a lot about you.
And mom. I never got a chance to tell mom how much I loved
her."
    "She knew you loved her," Sandy
said.
    "She did?"
    "She did. She always knew."
    "I will never forgive dad, though, for
what he did," Bianca said. "Never."
    In the midst of enjoying her sister's
company, Bianca was startled by a knock at the front door. And as
mysteriously as the image of Sandy appeared, it soon
disappeared.
    "Sandy? Sandy?" Bianca called
out.
    But Sandy was gone.
    Again, a knock at the door echoed
throughout her apartment before Bianca could reach it. Her first
thought was that it might be her good friend, Lee, because anyone
else would usually ring upstairs first for entrance into her
building. Though her lobby door remained locked, Lee managed to
always find a way upstairs without calling up first, something that
remained a mystery to her.
    Upon opening the door, Bianca saw no
one. Instead, she spotted a pint of her favorite Vanilla
Haagen-Dazs ice cream at the foot of the