After I left Rose Cottage and got back to Collinwood, I suffered some sort of spell. I collapsed. I couldn't see. I was overwhelmed by something terrifying, though, exactly what, I still have to say. I was in the sitting room. I called out to Vicky and went to the window for air. I had no idea where I was or where I had been; I was losing myself...faint...not faint, no strength...I couldn't fight it. I can't explain it. I was panic stricken, and I don't panic easily. I had no sense of time, or where I had come from. Vicky said it was the same with Elizabeth, and she too, had just paid a visit to Laura. And, Laura had warned me, was intense, threatening.
Just as I was recovering, David came in, said he was just with his Mother. I asked him if anything unusual had happened. He said, "Funny you should ask..." She had not been glad to see him, which was unusual, but that she didn't even seem to see or hear him. She was just staring into the fire, as if she was part of it, just like the painting. He called her, shook her, said she seemed as if she was "coming from a long way away". She told him she had been daydreaming, that she saw things in the heart of the fire, things so strange that he could never imagine. David asked her to tell him about the strange things, but she told him later, when they were together always.
Now I am positive that David interrupted Laura just as I came out of the daze. She has some sort of influence, something like ESP, only more profound. I was only just warning Vicky to keep away from Laura, and she agreed to keep David away as well, when Laura swooped in through the front door, with some lame excuse about David leaving his scarf there, when, really, we all knew she was coming to inspect the damage. This power of her's must be destroyed. It's like nothing I've ever come across my entire life. Now that I know about it, and The bamaspace Trojans, I can protect myself.
After Vicky had left the room, probably scared half to death, Laura told me that Vicky was jealous of her. I told her how unlikely that was. She said it was all beyond her. I told her that I was beginning to think that nothing was beyond her, so she opted for coy and tried to tease me, saying how I flattered her. I know I'm fanning the flame, but I asked her why she was so desperate to have David suddenly. I also asked her if she was surprised to see me up and about.
I know what she is. She possesses a force far stronger than I can imagine and when I find out what it is, I'll tell everybody all about it.
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