Sally’s nerves were beginning to show.
“Try me Travis! Tell me how?”
“With the help of a medium,” he answered.
Sally withdrew her hand from his.
“A medium! Bullshit Travis! What do you take me for? I’m no idiot! I don’t believe in that crap!”
She then left him and caught up with Jackie and Rosie, who were now entering the canteen.
Jackie sensed her friend was upset about something.
“Sally! Are you alright? Is everything okay?”
Sally then turned to Rosie, saying, “your friend Travis is a liar.”
“What happened? Why are you calling Travis, a liar?” Asked Jackie.
Rosie interrupted.
“Travis is many things, but he’s no liar!” Said Rosie.
“So you also believe in this medium crap?” replied Sally.
Jackie was now the one who was confused.
“Hey! What’s going on? Medium! Like in spirits and ghosts?” She asked.
Sally then explained what happened in the lecture hall and how Travis had told her about talking to her mother again with the help of a medium. They both looked at Rosie expecting an answer.
Jackie said, “you believe Travis? You believe what he said?”
“Yes, I believe him!” She answered.
“Why? How can you believe him?”
“I’ve seen it with my own eyes! That’s why!” She said.
There was silence for a few seconds as both girls took in what Rosie said.
Jackie spoke first, “your saying Travis is a medium? He can communicate with the dead?”
“No, not Travis for Christ sake! He knows someone, and we both have seen what he can do. It’s no lie or joke. This person is for real,” said Rosie.
Sally looked around for Travis, feeling bad about calling him a liar, but he was nowhere to be found. The girls spent the rest of the day attending lectures and other anthropology classes. Travis was not seen throughout the day.
As evening set it, the class was preparing for their journey back to their home school. Sally and Jackie were waiting to board the coach when she heard her name being called by someone in the background. She looked around and saw Travis running towards her.
“Sally wait! I need to talk to you before you leave,” he said, trying to catch his breath.
“Travis I’m sorry for calling you a liar. I was upset, and you confused me. I wasn’t thinking straight,” said Sally.
“It’s okay. I shouldn’t have mentioned the medium thing.”
They moved away from the other students to talk alone.
“We talked to Rosie, and she says you know somebody, a medium who can talk to anyone who has passed on. If it’s true what you say, well then….. I would like to give it a try.”
“Sally, You don’t have to. Let’s forget what I said.”
Sally persisted.
“No! I want to. I would do anything to hear my mother’s voice one more time.”
Travis took her hands in his.
“Are you sure you want to do this?”
“Yes, I’m sure, just tell me how?”
Travis took out his cell phone.
“Let’s exchange cell numbers, and I will set it up. It could be this week or the next. I will let you know.”
Jackie called out to her friend to board the coach. She turned towards Travis and nodded her head in agreement.
“I have to go!” She said.
Travis gently leaned forward and kissed her on the cheek.
“Goodbye Sally.”
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
On their way home, Jackie and Sally talked about what Travis had told them. He was constantly on her mind, and she hoped he would call her soon. She was also excited about the medium, but nervous at the same time. Sally wondered if it can be done. Both girls had heard strange stories about mediums and spirit callers, but they only saw them as fakes or swindlers.
They arrived home at around ten in the evening and were now exhausted from the long journey. Jackie dropped her friend off home and continued the few miles back to her house. Sally found her father waiting for her in the kitchen. He was going through Sarah Masters diary, carefully searching for any hidden details that might lead them to the person responsible for deaths of the two girls.
Jason greeted his daughter.
“Hey! How was your stay? I hope you enjoyed yourselves.”
Sally kissed her father.
“It was fabulous dad! That place is enormous compared to our university.”
“Well, I’m glad you had a great time. Did you make any new friends while you were there?”
“Yes, we did, and they were all so very helpful,” said Sally.
Just then, her cell phone started to ring. She answered it not knowing the number.
“Hello!”
“Hi Sally! It’s me Travis! How was your trip home?”
Sally looked away from her father as her face turned red.
“It was fine, thanks for asking.”
She walked out of the kitchen away from her father, where she could speak more freely.
“Is everything alright? She asked.
“Yes, everything is fine. Well, great as a matter of fact. I called the medium as soon as you left. He said he had no problem doing a calling for us, well for you I mean.”
Sally asked, “when did he say we could come?”
“He said tomorrow evening,” answered Travis.
She hesitated for a few seconds.
“You still there?”
“I don’t know! What shall I tell my dad? I can’t lie to him Travis.”
He waited a few seconds before he spoke.
“Well, I don’t think you can tell him the truth either Sally! It’s up to you.”
“Okay, I will think of something then. Tell your friend we will meet him tomorrow night. I might have to bring Jackie along. Is it okay for you?”
Travis said, “yes it’s fine with me. Give me a call a couple of hours before you leave so that I can tell you where to meet me.”
“Yes, okay. See you tomorrow then. Goodnight Travis,” said Sally.
After the phone call, Travis wasted no time in contacting Tony. Things were going as planned on Tony’s side. He went through the ancient text over and over again until he memorized it word for word. Just one thing was holding him back from reaching his goal. The official sacrifice has to be someone of pure blood, someone with a pure soul.
The phone started to ring from the meditation room. Tony knew that Travis was the only person who knew that number. He broke his concentration to answer the call.
“Yes Travis. What is it?”
“Tony I need a favor! I met this girl at school who could be our replacement for Sarah, but I need to convince her that what you do is real. She wants to contact her deceased mother who passed away a few years ago. That is the only way she will come, and besides, I already told her you will meet her tomorrow night!”
“What are we suppose to do with Helen? I was hoping we could use her in the next gathering if I can get her to participate that is,” said Tony.
Travis replied, “you can sedate her for now. You know we can’t keep her locked up forever. She’s a risk we cannot take. She might talk.”
“Okay, bring her here at around nine in the evening. Helen will be out cold in her room,” said Tony.
He hung up and continued his concentration with the Mayan text.
Back home, Sally said goodnight to her father and went up to her room. Jason sensed something was not right, but he let her be, leaving it for the morning.
Once she was alone in her room, she dialed Jackie’s cell number, excited to tell her Travis had called. She explained that he had already contacted the medium, and they were to meet tomorrow night. Jackie knew what her friend was getting at. She had to think of an excuse for her father to allow her to get away for the evening. So they decided that Jackie was to invite her to stay the night at her place studying papers that they had exchanged during the university visit.