"Who told you?" Josh asked, "Aidan?"
"I was curious about you after Aidan's incident. So I kind of did a spell" Heather confessed.
"What kind of spell?" Josh asked slowly, "Why couldn't you have just asked. What was the harm of sticking around and asking me?"
"I had to make sure" Heather got up from the couch, "It wasn't me that I was scared about, it was the fact that my daughter has been hanging around you. I had to make sure that I wasn't letting her get close to some sort of demon"
"You know me. You know I wouldn't lie to you" Josh looked at Heather and could see the tough and protective mother that had emerged after Stu had died. He knew that if she asked about him, it would only break her heart about what he's done. His throat suddenly became dry as he tried to calm himself, "I would've done the-"
"No you wouldn't" Heather shook her head, "You're a werewolf, Josh"
"What else is new?" Josh shrugged.
Heather was about to snap back at him but then something over came inside of her. She felt this wave of guilt and sadness comes over her. It was strange because it wasn't coming from the inside of her chest like most emotions. This was coming directly inside of her head, like some sort of rain cloud.
She touched her head and closed her eyes for a bit, thinking that she must've been exhausted from closing late. But when she closed her eyes, it was almost like she could see a chain that was connecting from her head. The layer of light pink pearls was connecting towards her head but was leading over to Josh's heart. She let out a shaky breath as she realized that ability was evolving outside of the pearl.
"Why do you feel guilty?" Heather asked.
Josh blinked as he looked over to the woman in front of him, it didn't look like she was guessing that he was feeling guilty. She knew from the look in her eyes what he was feeling on the inside.
"Is that another type of spell, Heather?"
Heather rolled her eyes and crossed her arms over her chest. She wondered what really made her tell Josh in the first place. He's been opinionated ever since she confessed to him.
Then again, she wouldn't really want to hear about this kind of world either. So she calmly let out a slow breath and straightened herself up.
"I believe I can sense emotions now" Heather told him.
"I'm sorry, come again?" Josh asked.
"I didn't do a spell to have a force field to come out at will nor did I say anything to sense what you are feeling right now" Heather explained.
"And this happens to anyone?" Josh asked.
"Several occasions, yes. When you've had years of practice or you have a talisman that can channel energy out of you" Heather reached up to her neck and touched the pearl.
"I'm guessing that's yours"
"I just got it recently from a friend" Heather stiffened up as her voice cracked, "Before Donna killed her. She sacrificed so much in order to help out that I didn't think for a second that Donna would come after her"
Josh blinked in surprise as he realized who she was talking about, the psychic who almost exercised Sally out of this plane. He looked over to Heather who had her head bowed down as tears went down her cheeks. Josh walked over and wrapped his arms around her as she sobbed into his shoulder, nuzzling his neck. He closed his eyes and quickly kissed the top of Heather's head without even thinking about what he was doing.
"I'm sorry, Heather"
"I have to settle the score, Josh"
"You don't have to"
"My destiny is tied with you, Josh"
"It doesn't have to be" Josh said firmly.
"My friend told me my path before she died"
"It doesn't mean that you have to go through with it"
Heather took a step back and looked up at Josh's deep doe eyes as she can feel concern about her all around in her mind. She also felt something so similar to what she's been feeling in the last couple of weeks. There was this comforting warmth that almost felt like fire in the cold night of November. The warmth was the feeling of liking someone so much that it almost felt like you were weightless, wondering if they will help you fly with them or make you fall to the ground below.