“That’s much better, thank you, and not at all disconcerting, by the way,” Cassie told Steve while Belinda was approaching. Then she gave her full attention to her boss while she was being told off yet again.<br/><br/>“You can’t see him?” She asked. “Oh well, of course you can’t see him! He’s not here yet! Do you remember that jerk who was here a month ago, and he kept hitting on me? I saw him in a club last night, and we actually had a good time, but he was saying some wild and crazy stuff about coming here and taking me away with him. And that’s just crazy talk because I have a good job here, and no crazy ghost from my past is gonna come here and tell me I have to leave. No sir. But he was kind of intense about the whole thing, so I figured I should practice. Too much?”<br/><br/>What with the pressure of working out what to say to two very persistent people (one of whom was getting really unnerving), Cassie’s full attention was given to the things happening in front of her. You could walk up behind her with a brass band and she’d ignore it.