<span style="font-style: italic">Collab with Sojourn</span><br/><br/><div style="text-align: justify;">London, England, 2016<br/><br/>“It’s so good to have you home, baby”, a middle-aged woman murmured quietly. Another voice sounded right after the woman’s. “It’s so good to be home”, a younger woman, probably in her mid twenties, replied, equally quietly.<br/><br/>The setting was a comfortable sitting room, and there were only two women inside. The older woman was sitting, and the younger one was laying on the couch, her head resting on the older woman’s lap. Looking more closely at the two women, it was clear that they were related. Thinking a little further, it was easy to come to the conclusion that they were mother and daughter.<br/><br/>“When are you going back to work?”, the older woman asked. The younger woman shrugged softly. “Not sure, mum. Whenever we are needed”, she replied, her voice very quiet. Josephine - that was the name of the young woman - turned her head to look at her mother. “I wish you wouldn’t worry so much, mum”, the woman murmured softly. After these words, Josephine sat down.<br/><br/>She was about to start speaking when her mother spoke before she could. “You know I don’t like this, Josie. It is so dangerous, dear”. Josephine opened her mouth once again, but didn’t speak right away. She knew that her mother was right. It was dangerous to channel, if you didn’t know which spirit you were channeling. And well… the last time hadn’t been a really good one. She knew how close she had come from something bad, and so did her mother. <br/><br/>“Last time was an exception, mother”, she finally spoke up. “It was a hostile spirit, and I was caught by surprise”, Josephine completed, in a defensive intonation. “It has happened once, it can happen again”, Mrs. Miller stated firmly. Josephine shook her head. “Mum… this is extremely rare. You know I am careful, you know I don’t just channel without preparation. And you know I never do this alone. But this is not something I can simply stop doing, mum. If I stop going to people’s homes and other places and helping them… the spirits would still seek me out. You know that”. <br/><br/>Mrs. Miller fell silent after her daughter’s words. She did know it. Living in the same house as Josephine - at least when her daughter wasn’t out of London doing her thing -, Mrs. Miller had seen enough to know that the spirits would never leave Josie alone. It had started after the accident, and it had never stopped since. <br/><br/>A long moment of silence followed Josephine’s statement, broken by a soft beep from her phone. The two women looked at each other. They both knew what that probably meant. “Sorry, mum, have to get that”, Josephine murmured, before heading back to the couch and sitting down. <br/><br/>As Katie Brooks waited for Josephine to answer the phone, she told her son.<br/><br/>"Sam, let the dog out, please!"<br/><br/>Their dog was whining to be let out. Katie was sitting with her laptop on her lap as she waited for Josephine to answer. Katie exchanged pleasantries with the other woman, before getting down to why she called.<br/><br/>As she had anticipated, it was a call about work. It should probably be a serious case, for her to be called in her downtime. As she heard what the case was, it was clear that it was indeed serious. It involved a family with children, and Josephine had a soft spot for the little ones. <br/><br/>It was an important case. Katie didn't like cases that involved kids. She was a mom, it always got to her when kids were scared of their own home. She never wanted Sam to be afraid. This had to be put to the top of list and be checked out as soon as possible. <br/><br/>After hearing about the situation, Josephine sighed and finally spoke up. “Thanks for calling me, Katie. I’ll get the first available flight back. Can you call everyone else, please, and leave everything lined up for us to get together before visiting the place?”, she required, wanting to get things moving as quickly as possible.<br/><br/>"You're welcome, Josephine and yes. I'll get both things taken care of."</div>