She looked quickly at Ethan. "It must have happened after that couple tried to kill us."
"Not us. You." He picked up the newspaper and studied the front page.
"Hang on," Ben said. "What am I missing here?"
She waved toward the window. "Someone took a potshot at us through the window last night. Turns out the fiend behind these kidnappings was psychically controlling a couple with a gun."
Ben's glance shifted to Ethan and back again. "So why is he trying to kill you and not Ethan?"
"Because he sees Shirley as the threat, not me."
"Why?"
"He's clairvoyant."
"Meaning?"
"Meaning," she answered with a smile, "he can see things other people can't. Sometimes this can include the future."
"That obviously means you're going to catch the fiend."
"Not necessarily. The future is not set in stone, you know. And knowing it means you can do something to change it."
