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like a mother hen, but I need to see about her.”
    “You have one of your bad feelings, don’t you?” Natalie asked. “One of your twin feelings.”
    Lily looked slightly embarrassed. “Well, I am worried
     
    about these unanswered phone calls, but yes, I do have one of my feelings. You probably think I’m crazy, but…”
    “I do not think you’re crazy,” Natalie said as Lily turned right, heading away from the business district and toward the lake. “Even if I. hadn’t read so many articles about this mysterious communication twins have, I’ve seen it in action with you and Tamara.”
    “We’re not as phenomenal as some of the people you see on television, but there have been a couple of spooky times.”
    “Like when we were twelve and no one could find you. Tamara insisted you were at Ariel Saunders’s house. You were—with a broken leg. Everyone assumed Tamara had guessed where you were because we went there sometimes, but she told me she actually saw you in one quick flash lying at the foot of the staircase with your leg twisted under you. She made me promise not to tell anyone about her vision.”
    “She felt odd about it. She was afraid people would think she was strange. I had a couple of visions about her, too.” Natalie noticed that they were going faster—too fast for these roads, but she didn’t ask Lily to slow down. Clearly she was worried about her sister. “I’m not having any visions now—not of Tam, at least. But last night I kept dreaming of a dog howling in the rain. It probably had nothing to do with Tam, but every time I woke up from the dream, I’d go back to sleep and dream it again. Anyway, I do have an uneasy feeling. It’s probably based on absolutely nothing except that I can’t reach her on the phone.” She turned a slightly tight smile on Natalie. “Thanks for indulging me, though.”
    “No problem. If she’s home, we might stand a better chance of dragging her out if we approach her in person, right?”
    “Right,” Lily agreed, her smile broadening.
    Natalie looked out the car window. The storm seemed to have blown the atmosphere clean. The sky was cerulean blue with a few clouds hanging like puffs of cotton candy. A light breeze ruffled tree leaves that still bore the fresh green of spring. Cooler temperatures around the lake always resulted in later blooming than in the middle of Ohio where Natalie
     
    lived. Although it was June, a few stubborn forsythia bushes held yellow blooms to the sun. On a glorious day like this, she could almost forget her hurt over Kenny Davis. Almost.
    “That’s Tam’s and Warren’s new house,” Lily said, pointing ahead to a large Cape Cod painted pale yellow with slate blue shutters.
    “I didn’t realize it was out of the city limits. It’s so near Ariel Saunders’s house.”
    “That place is falling to ruin. It’s a shame.”
    “Why hasn’t the County Historical Society done something?”
    “Don’t you remember that Viveca Cosgrove is Ariel and Zebediah’s only surviving descendent? She owns the house. She should donate it to the Historical Society but she wants to sell it to them for an outrageous price.”
    “That sounds like Viveca.”
    “Exactly. She’s still holding onto that piece of property The Blue Lady is on, too, although Dad tells me she’s thinking of selling it to someone who wants to rebuild the hotel.”
    “I’d love to see the hotel rebuilt!” Natalie paused. “So she’s still dating your dad?”
    “For a year. I think that’s a record for her. Tam and I are not happy about it, but Dad is just over the moon about her.”
    “Viveca strikes again. I’m glad my father didn’t fall for her. At least I don’t think he did. How’s her daughter Alison?”
    “Crazy as a loon, but I’m not supposed to say so.” Lily pulled a face. “She’s a patient of Warren’s. She used to see some psychiatrist in Toledo, but for some reason she switched, even though Warren is a psychologist and