Family Ties

Description: Johnny gets a surprise visit from a very close family member. But, he soon finds out that he got more than he bargained for when she interacts with her present life and gets into a little trouble of her own.

CHAPTER SIX

"So, what's up with Stillson, anyway?" Laura asked as she sipped from her cup of coffee as she and Johnny ate lunch at his favorite diner. "How can he be so cocky about everything?"

Johnny shrugged as he took a bite out of his cheeseburger. He didn't really want to talk about this, especially since he had seen her flirt with the man he hated with a deep passion.

She gave him her all-knowing look as she grinned. "What do you see when you touch him, Johnny?" She asked.

He coughed loudly as he choked on the burger. "Huh?" He asked.

"There must be a reason why you don't like him, and I'll bet everything I own that it's because you had a vision about him. What did you see?" She nibbled on a fry as she stared at him and waited for an answer.

Johnny hesitated before answering. He didn't want to come out and say it. He figured that it would be best to sugar-coat it. "Something bad… very, very bad."

She saw his face turn pale as he tried not to look at her. She figured it wouldn't be good to press the subject any farther.

They stayed quiet until her phone, which she had set next to her plate, began ringing. She looked at the caller-ID and gave a confused expression. "It's my partner." She said, getting up from the table and walking into a corner. "Matt?" She asked.

Johnny watched her talk on her phone, her back turned to him. He had really thought about the fight that he and Sarah had had about her and that Sarah had asked him to touch her to get a vision. He had been contemplating whether or not to do it. Sarah seemed so sincere when she had talked about that accident that he couldn't help but wonder, himself, if she was really Laura or not.

He eyed her cup of coffee as he glanced every few seconds up at her. He inched his hand to the form white form, letting a single finger touch the handle.

The vision quickly took hold of him. He was expected to be transported to a different part of Laura's life, but that's not what happened. He was standing behind her while she was on the phone.

"What do you want me to do about it?" She asked her partner. She was silent as she listened to the man talk. "You know, I could lose my job over this."

The vision ended as quickly as it had begun. Johnny looked up at Laura with a surprised look as she still talked on the phone. He couldn't believe what he had just seen. He watched her turn to glance at him and saw her let out an exasperated sigh. He saw her lips match what he had just heard. He was in shock at this. She was up to something and he wasn't sure that he wanted to know what.

His worry about her suddenly vanished as a familiar voice appeared out of nowhere. "Hey, John." It was Greg Stillson and he was smiling. That was never a good thing. Johnny just gave him a quick smile and took another bite of out his cheeseburger. "So, that cousin of yours, where exactly is she from? I would think you wouldn't hide someone like her from all of your friends."

Johnny managed to not glare at him. He knew what this man wanted and he wouldn't get whatever info he wanted on Laura. "She used to live in Cleaves Mills. She moved to New York a few years ago."

Stillson glanced back at the woman and gave a smile of approval as he scanned her outfit of her favorite pair of cut-up jeans and a baby t-shirt that was riding up in the back to show her tattoo: a black, two-inch etch of a raven in mid-flight. It was a sight to see from his point of view. He nodded with an eager smile.

Johnny didn't like the look the other man was giving his cousin. It showed that he had something up his sleeve. "Look, just stay away from her."

Stillson turned his attention back to Johnny. He patted the blond man on the back and let out a short laugh. "Don't worry, John. I'm sure she can look after herself." With that said, the politician left Johnny to sit by himself and watch him look over his cousin once again before he left the diner.

Laura then headed back to the table as if nothing was out of the ordinary. She obviously hadn't seen Stillson at the table. "Sorry. Work issues." She sipped her coffee once again, until she noticed Johnny's expression. He seemed angry, yet he was also worried. "You okay?"

He only nodded as an answer before going back to him burger.


I admit that this chapter took me a while to finish, but I finally did it. And now I'm a bit stuck. I have a few ideas, but I could use some suggestions to make the flow go much better. So, please if you have any ideas, please tell me. You will get full credit for it.

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