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“Perfect. I gotta run now, but I’ll call ya tomorrow and we’ll
compare schedules.” She paused and her eyes widened. “This is so amazing; I
can’t wait. There’s so much for us to talk about. More than you know,” she
said, slapping me on the back.
    I had no idea
what she was talking about but said, “Oh, I’m sure we do.” As she hurried away
I shook my head. The girl was strange. In fact, everything about my life and
this town was getting stranger by the minute. I groaned inwardly; I really
didn’t need more drama or intrigue.
    Light raindrops
fell as I walked through the employee parking lot. All at once a queasy feeling
formed in the pit of my stomach. “Oh no,” I moaned, leaning against my car. I
was so not ready for more snapshots. As I closed my eyes, the images rushed
forth with a vengeance:
    Two mountain
lions seizing and slashing each other with fierce brutality
    Myself,
watching the battle in a sun-streaked forest
    The tawny
mountain lion, spotting me and springing forth from an evergreen bough
    The reddish
mountain lion, looking at me hungrily with evil, golden eyes then leaping
towards me with claws extended
    My eyes shot
open, and I gasped for air. This was unreal! This was the first time I’d everbeen depicted in my snapshots. What was going on?
    Shuddering, I
realized I had insight into my own death. I opened the car door and slid behind
the wheel. All my life premonitions had commanded me to act instantly and save
someone. Only this time, I appeared to be the one who needed saving, and I’d
looked like I did now at age 18, except I’d been in a sun-lit forest.
    Raindrops
splattered against my windshield just confirming sun was not part of today’s
forecast. And I had no intention of going near the woods anyways. So when?
    For some reason,
I wasn’t terrified; although, I knew I should be. Not normal. Then again,
nothing about me was normal. Gripping the steering wheel, I remembered that
momentary sense of relief in the alley when I’d known the end was near. Knowing
there would be no more guilt, responsibility, or loneliness had been
liberating. How ironic was it that I would escape the premonitions by dying
myself? So simple.
    How my death
would impact my family and friends was not so simple.
    One thing was
certain – my snapshots always came true. But how I chose to respond had always
been up to me.

CHAPTER
4 – MORE THAN JUST A MERE WALK IN THE PARK
     
    “It’s time you
found you a man. Preferably, Mr. Right. That way you could share your secret
with him, and I wouldn’t have to worry about you all the time,” Ally said.
    We were relaxing
on the living room couch, chatting about life in general, i.e. premonitions and
people dying. Since Ben was at work we had no reason to filter our
conversation, but now that she’d brought up men, I couldn’t wait for our one on
one time to end. Luckily, she had to go to work, and I had plans to meet up
with Jessica.
    “Absolutely
not,” I replied. “Mr. Right will just think I’m some crazy paranormal chick, or
he’ll think I’m completely psychotic, therefore making him Mr. Wrong.”
    “No he
wouldn’t.” She crossed her arms. “The right guy will think you’re wonderful,
and he’ll be completely enthralled by your amazing gift .”
    “You mean
curse,” I huffed. “Besides, you know I can’t get involved with someone. It’s
too risky.” I didn’t mention the fact that I wouldn’t be around long enough to
find a man anyways. While I normally told Ally everything, I hadn’t told her
about the premonition of my own death; she’d totally freak.
    She smoothed out
her skirt. “Well, I worry about you being alone so much, especially since they
found that college student. Everyone in this town is on edge, including me. I
know this sounds horrible,” she said, crinkling her nose, “but I’m hoping he
OD’d or something. That would be much better than the alternatives – like he
was attacked by that same psycho guy and