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not in the sense most people understand.  If you hire me you must understand that.  I can't look into a crystal ball and magic her back.  That's not how I work.  Most of it is straight forward investigative work.”  Anna was quick to remind her visitor.  “I do have abilities that some might consider psychic, I suppose in a way they are a bit unusual.”
    “Don't you worry, I'm under no illusions.  I think I'm a bit like Olivia's daughter, I don't care how you do it so long as Jane is found and from what I've heard you're my best bet.” Eva said.
    “If I'm to take this job, I just have two requests” Anna said. “Don't breathe a word to anyone about my being a psychic, firstly they would think I was crazy and then think you were worse for hiring someone like me, and if at all possible could you find me somewhere quiet that I can stay while I'm over there.  I need somewhere that I can have total peace and not be disturbed.  I tend to go into a trance like state when I'm doing the psychic thing, my sister says it looks like I'm in some sort of coma and the last thing I need is to scare the living daylights out of some hotel maid who might find me.”
    “That’s no problem, you can stay with me, there's just my husband and I.  Our daughter only comes home at the weekends.  I do have a housekeeper and a cleaner but I will warn them not to disturb you.”
    “That sounds great” Anna agreed. “I'll try and get a flight out first thing in the morning. When are you due back?”
    “I'm flying home again this afternoon.” Eva said.  “I must be home to collect my daughter, Sassy, she's fourteen, she comes home from school at the weekends. If I'm not there the house could be demolished by the time I get back.  Our housekeeper Olana is great but Sassy runs rings around her.”  Eva handed her a business card with her address and phone numbers written on the back.  “Give me a call when you have your travel plans sorted.  And thank you.”

Chapter three
     
            OBE out of body experience, astral projection, some call it spirit walking.  That was the ability that Anna had.  She had googled it some years ago and was amazed at the number of people who claimed to be able to do it. She had thought until then that she was some kind of freak. Maybe I am she thought, but at least it was nice to know that there were other freaks out there too. The first time it happened to her was just like it said on the web site, after a head injury or near death experience.  She remembered the night of her near death experience vividly.  She was seventeen and had been grounded for dossing school. Her boyfriend who was a year older than her had just passed his driving test he had called her and begged her to go for a drive with him to celebrate.  She had sneaked out of the house and they had driven to a friend's house.  There was a party on and in full swing when they got there, her boyfriend had started drinking and Anna began to get worried that if she didn't get home soon her parents would notice that she was missing, she demanded that he take her home. He refused and they had a blazing row, she left and started walking home.  Her boyfriend followed her in his car and after some persuading she got in with him. 
                She wasn't sure how they had crashed, but the car had ended up leaving the road at a bend. She remembered her head smacking off the side window and it shattering, she could hear her boyfriend screaming as he tried to control the car, it had tumbled out of control for what seemed like an eternity, then nothing, she must have blacked out.  The next thing she was aware of was being in a hospital ward, her parents and two sisters by her bed talking to her.  Her mother was crying.  It took her a moment to realise why everything seemed so strange. Not only was she was looking down on them, she was hovering over them.  She was aware of everything that was going on, she could hear