Love never dies

Emily Thornton, 32, from London

As I pushed the living room door open, my mum, Sue, looked up eagerly. ‘Well?’ she asked. ‘How was the ghost hunt?’ I threw myself down onto the settee next to her.

Mumalways thought I had a special psychicgift

‘I got chosen again by the medium,’ I told her excitedly. ‘They asked me to be the pendulum in the areas of the room where they felt paranormal activity, and I had to let my body move when I could feel energy.’ Mum gave me a knowing smile.

‘That’s because you’ve got the gift,’ she said.

I knew exactly what she meant. I’d always been really interested in