The Missing Link I: The January Morrison Files, Psychic Series 1

By Eden Laroux

January Morrison was a psychic who could see and talk with the dead. The first dead person she talked to was her best friend from high school, Lori, who'd disappeared after sneaking out on a sleepover night from her room and was found dead -- after January told the police where to find her body. The experience was especially traumatic to her because Lori's parents blamed her for what happened to their daughter and she was shunned at school and in their village because of the buzz generated by the fact that she learned the location of her friend's body by talking to her ghost. She also lost the interest of a boy she really liked because of it. Her family eventually had to move because of it.

Years later, she used her psychic abilities to help relatives find closure by talking to their dead loved one's spirit. She also helped families in the same situation as Lori's find a missing family member. This was why the FBI itself asked for her help in the case of a missing teenager. She capitulated, after a little prodding. To her surprise, the teenage girl she tried to reach with her psychic abilities was able to communicate with her even — while still alive. She was abducted, and she told January where she thinks her abductor brought her. In the end, her kidnapper turned out to be Lori's murderer fifteen years ago. January fell in love with one of the FBI agents who was on the case, Det. Ashton Sterling. Ashton accepted her gift, even when he could not truly understand it, and was awed at the unique way she could help solve cases of missing people.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sandra Ross
• Release date: Apr 13, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301751839

Eden Laroux

Eden Laroux was born on November 27, 1978, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to a father who was a butcher and a mother who was a florist.Her mother, originally from Saint-Emilion in France, migrated to the US to become a textile worker.Eden Laroux was born as Emilia Domini. She had an elder brother, Calvin, and has a sister named Philomena.Her father, a second-generation Italian immigrant, left Emilia’s mother for a laundrywoman, who was also of Italian descent. He was a gambler and an alcoholic. It was learned later that he not only stole money from his employer, but also left the family with gambling debts to settle.Eden was 14 at the time, and the experience of being abandoned and deceived seared into her memory – a theme which showed up in most of her early literary works – sad poems and essays--and in her college years, short stories for various creative writing classes.Eden's brother Calvin chose to leave his own studies and worked odd jobs to supplement their mother’s income, which was obscenely meager, after their father left.Despite financial difficulties, Calvin pushed Eden to work for a degree, and through his and other people’s help, she was able to get a scholarship to attend college and study English Literature.Three weeks after Eden's graduation, Calvin - a closeted homosexual - was killed in a freak accident at work (stabbed by his partner in the middle of a long drive for an out-of-town furniture delivery). He had “come out” only to Eden. He and Eden had been very close, owing to their father’s leaving and their mother becoming undone and distraught.Philomena, Eden's younger sister, is the family’s joy and the family’s artist. While her formal training is in business (she is currently studying for a degree in finance and strategic management), she nevertheless finds time to also dabble in the visual arts – as a potter, painter, and, of late, as a furniture designer.Emilia chose to write under her mother’s name, Eden, as a tribute both to her mother's unconditional love and for her strength to overcome an enormous challenge of raising a family – all on her own.

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The Missing Link I

By Eden Laroux

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Chapter One

Lori, please don't do this! January begged her friend. This is really not smart!

Oh Jan, lighten up, please, Lori retorted. I'll be back before you know it; definitely before anyone wakes up, she added, throwing a look in the direction of January's bedroom door. Just keep the window open so I can get back in."

"Lori, if my parents find out that you sneaked out, they're going to tell your parents," January moaned.

Look, no one is going to hear me, and I'll be back before dawn. There's no reason anyone will find out.

"Why are you even doing this? Who is this guy you're going to meet?"

I can't tell you just yet, Jan. But I promise, you'll be the first to hear all about it when I get back. You'll be pretty surprised, I think, Lori said smugly.

I still don't like it. You won't tell me where you're going and who you're meeting, and that's just not safe, January said, shaking her head. What if something happens to you?

Jan, calm down. Nothing is going to happen to me.

Lori put her jacket on over her T-shirt and jeans and went to January's open window. She turned around and gave January a wide, bright smile as she hooked a leg over the window sill.

For an instant she stood out against the black night like a speck of light in a blurry photograph. January felt a shiver cross her spine.

Lori must have seen something on her face. Her voice softened. Stop worrying, Jan. I'll be back before you can even miss me. Promise.

And with that, she slipped out the window and vanished into the darkness.

January sighed and collapsed on the bed.

This was typical Lori. She didn't understand the words no or can't. She was always ribbing January for being too cautious, for not letting go enough. She did crazy stuff like this all the time, and always seemed to land on her feet. Still, January would have felt better knowing where Lori was going.

She got in bed, determined to stay awake until Lori came back, but before she knew it, her eyes were getting heavy.

She fought sleep, but it was no use.

WHEN SHE opened her eyes again,