CHAPTER 18
What happened next took Tana by surprise. It came after she took the plunge and told Powell about the strange turn of events her life had taken since the night she saw the ghost of Helen Mayfield and had a vision of Emma’s a*******n. He listened with more patience than she had expected, and as she went on it became easier to tell a story that even to her sounded like one long hallucination. Powell said nothing when she was finished and remained silent for what seemed like an eternity.
Finally, he looked up at Tana and said, “Want to take a ride?”
“Where?” Tana said, thrown off balance.
“Nowhere.”
Tana felt her body tense. Was this the part where he assaulted her, then dropped her off at the nearest psycho ward? “I don’t understand…”
“You will,” Powell said. He drained his
