Chapter One

Jocelyns POV

Beep...beep...beep...beep..'I swear by Christ that machine is the most annoying thing in the world' I heard my dad's voice. It was weird though, it was almost as if I heard his voice in my head. "Good morning Mr. Benson, how's our patient doing today?" A female voice asked. "So far no change" I heard my dad say. 'Damn she's got a killer ass' I heard him say. If I could move or open my eyes I'd probably chastise him. That female voice definitely didn't belong to my mom. This was a daily occurrence for me. I would hear people talk like normal then I would hear their voice in my head as well.

After lord knows how long I was finally able to open my eyes. I was in a bright room and I slow turned my head the best I could. I would get spark pains on the sides of my face by my ears. I cried out a little from the pain and my mom's head snapped up. "Jocelyn you're awake!" She said with tears forming in her eyes. "What happened?" I asked her. I brought a hand up towards where my face hurt on the sides and winced. The skin there was rough and scabbed.

"Oh sweetie. Your father was stuck in a meeting and couldn't pick you up from school remember?" She asked me. She took my hand and like a movie playing in my head I saw it. I saw my mom walking to the phone and answering it. I saw her being told I was in the hospital and she cried while racing through traffic. I gasped and pulled my hand away. I looked to my mom 'What is wrong with her?' I heard her voice but her lips didn't move. She explained further that I had been walking home and was struck by lightning while listening to my music with my ear buds in.

I now would have scars on the sides of my face. However that's not what I was worried about most. I was about to say something when a nurse came into the room. "Oh look who's finally awake!" She said with a bright smile. 'Ugh those scars are hideous! At least her dad is a good lay' The nurse said but once again her mouth didn't move. What the fuck was going on here? The nurse pressed a button on a machine that was hooked up to a blood pressure cuff. 'Ugh stupid machine!' She thought then came over to manually take my blood pressure.

I don't know what came over me but I grabbed her hand like I had my mom. Sure enough just like before like scenes from a movie, the nurses memories flashed before my eyes. I saw her kissing her first boyfriend. I saw her graduating, her first hook up, and her most recent which made me take my hand away immediately. "You're sleeping with my Dad" I hissed out pulling my arm away sharply. "I...what..." She said looking at me shocked. "Excuse me!" My mom shouted.

Of course it took me a few days to realize that I was able to read people minds now. I also figured out after seeing several doctors and nurses memories that if I touched them then I could see their memories. Needless to say the nurse ended up getting fired and my parents got divorced after they got caught. Sure these abilities ruined my life for a short time. I always got made fun of in school for wearing my gloves. However I didn't really care because I knew what they were really think and I was able to destroy some reputations in return.

Now I'm standing in front of the biggest bank in my city so I can rob it. It's going to be my nineteenth birthday in a couple of days and I want to treat myself. I slide my gloves off and put them in my clutch as I walked into the bank. I looked around and saw some people sitting around made sure to notice the tellers behind the counter. An associate came up to get the next person waiting and I rushed up. "Hi excuse me sorry not cutting I promise. I have an interview with your manager" I said. The associate smiled and nodded her head "Okay what's your name so I can let her know you're here" The associate asked. "Veronica Shuster" I said giving my fake name. "Okay just have a seat" She said and I sat down.

A few minutes later a man in a sharp suit came walking out looking a little confused. He extended his hand out as I stood up. "Hi Veronica is it? I'm sorry but I don't have any interviews scheduled for today" He said apologetically. I noticed his eyes gaze to my scars before he met my eyes again. I grasped his hand and quickly searched for the memories I was looking for. I watched him put in the four digit code to the alarm system and saying good night to the over night guard. "Oh sorry my mom had taken the message so she must have written down the wrong bank" I said with a frustrated sigh. "Well thanks anyways" I said and walked out of the door.

I drove home and waited until it was time to go back to the bank. Once it was midnight I drove to a parking lot a couple minutes walk away from the bank to be safe. I crept my way to the back door and bent down so I could pick the locks. Once I heard the little click I opened the door. I quickly rushed to the alarm panel and put in the code to shut it off. I let out a slight sigh of relief when the red light disappeared. This was going to be easy.

I listened for the guard and tried to find his thoughts. I couldn't hear anything so I made my way extremely carefully. I reached the vault which was still open for some stupid reason but hey I was going to question it. I probably looked dumb right now but I pulled out a bag of baby powder I had brought so I could see if there were any laser that would trip another alarm. I tossed the baby powder and didn't see anything. I again let out a sigh of relief. However it didn't last long because I was suddenly in completely darkness as a black hood was over my head and strong arms encased me. I struggled trying to break their hold but nothing worked. Then I felt a sharp pain on the back of my head and I was knocked out.