Bessie stares at her image in the bathroom mirror. The reddened scar in the shape of a bird above her left eyebrow still aches a little. Gazing into her reflected eyes, she wills herself to be transported back to Heaven where Ash and Jason now exist.
Something catches her attention. She glances down at the countertop where her grandmother’s 4-leaf clover brooch, the one her sister Leila had pinned on her in the hospital, lies discarded beside a facecloth. Slowly, she picks it up and begins to attach it on her pajamas before looking back in the mirror.
Intensifying her stare, Bessie becomes aware of a glow around the jewelry. The light reflects the palest shade of green and ripples outward in a pulsating action. As it expands, it seems to be in unison with the beating of her heart! She fe
