My mom died last year in an accident--which I'm starting to think wasn't an accident. My dad sent me to live with my grandmother, Odelia, who had a falling out with my mom when I was really little. I haven't seen her since. She lives in Lily Dale, NY, which I didn't realize until I got here is a little lakeside town populated by spiritualists. Including my grandmother. Including even me, I think. I've been seeing and hearing and even smelling things no one else can. The girl next door, Evangeline, says I'm spiritually gifted. I'm not so sure I want to connect with the other side...but it's not like I have a choice. Now I want to know why my mother never told me or dad about her past here in Lily Dale...and why she never looked back. The more I find out, the more I'm sure she was keeping some deep, dark secrets...and that someone might have killed her.
Who I'd like to meet: Darren Yates. He was Mom's boyfriend when she lived in Lily Dale. No one here has seen him since he disappeared when he was 18...or so they claim. But he showed up at our house in Florida right before Mom's so-called accident, and he was calling himself Tom. He had an envelope with him, and now I've got to get my hands on it. He knows something about Mom's past. Maybe about her death, too.
