My mother finally took me to a child psychologist, who knew exactly what I was, but she just couldnโt accept it and kept trying to tell my folks I was reading their body language and was very observant, so I had good reason to imagine I heard peopleโs thoughts. Of course, she couldnโt admit I was literally hearing peopleโs thoughts because that just didnโt fit into her world.
Charlaine HarrisWe want to climb in with you,' Dermot said. 'We'll all sleep better.' That seemed incredibly weird and creepy to me - or maybe I only thought it should have. I was simply too tired to argue. I climbed in the bed. Claude got in on one side of me, Dermot on the other. Just when I was thinking, I would never be able to sleep, that this situation was too odd and too wrong, I felt a kind of blissful relaxation roll through my body, a kind of unfamiliar comfort. I was with family. I was with blood. And I slept.
Charlaine HarrisJust because one of Arlene's husbands was a murderer is no reason for me to be ugly
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