What Lies Between (Where One Goes Book 2)

by B.N. Toler

It’s no secret that death is the ultimate teacher. When someone close to us passes away, we learn what it really means to live. We learn life is fragile and precious, but above everything else, we learn life is finite. Most of us that have been touched by the frailty of life find ourselves living fuller, more honest lives to better appreciate each day we have.

that God sent you to help her.” I wiped at my face, my features contorting in disagreement. “Except I didn’t help her.” Marlena smiled as she stood, and I followed as she began walking. “Unlike you, my gifts came to me early. I don’t really know if I was born with them, or if something that happened to me triggered it.” “Did something happen to you?” “My mother suffered from schizophrenia. I was too young to understand what was happening and she absolutely terrified me.” I frowned, understanding how she felt. “She tried to drown me in the bathtub when I was four because the voices told her to.” I cringed. My parental situation wasn’t sounding so bad compared to Marlena’s. “My mother was British, my father is American. My mother ended her life after he took me away from her.” “That’s awful, Marlena. I’m so sorry.” “Try seeing the spirit of your mother, the one that had just tried to drown you, and not understanding what in the hell was happening. I knew she was dead before they’d even found her body.” Marlena

love you, Charlotte. I’ll always love you. It’s what I was meant to do.” She hugged