Chapter 2 - The Warning on the BusA week later, Sophie was riding home on a crowded evening bus.
Rain streaked the windows. Streetlights blurred into golden smears across the glass. Everyone around her seemed lost inside their own private worlds.
Then an elderly woman sat beside her.
Lavender scarf.
Silver hair.
Eyes that seemed far too alert for someone her age.
She leaned closer.
“Listen to me carefully.”
Sophie frowned.
“Excuse me?”
“Your husband is going to give you something.”
The woman’s voice dropped almost to a whisper.
“A necklace.”
Sophie’s heart skipped.
“How do you know my husband?”
“I don't.”
“Then what are you talking about?”
The old woman looked toward the front of the bus.
“You don't have much time.”
Sophie felt a chill crawl across her arms.
“If he gives you a necklace, do not wear it.”
“Why?”
The woman finally looked directly into her eyes.
“When your husband gives you a necklace, put it in water overnight.”
Sophie almost laughed.
Almost.
But something in the woman’s expression stopped her.
“Why would I do that?”
The woman swallowed.
“Because if I'm right, the water will tell you what your husband never will.”
The bus stopped.
The woman stood.
Before leaving, she touched Sophie’s wrist.
“And Sophie?”
Sophie froze.
“How do you know my name?”
The woman was already stepping through the doors.
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“Because I knew the woman before you.”
Then she disappeared into the rain.
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