In Dreams Begin Responsibilities

Chapter 4

That night, Kayleigh had another fitful sleep. The man had come to her again, waking her on 4 different occasions. This time she heard his accent and the words, “tell him”, but that was all she heard. She could see him but just barely. He was a fairly tall, thin man with brown hair. She had no idea who he was or why he suddenly starting trying to talk to her. Now this was getting annoying. Who was he and what was he trying to tell her? Sometimes she really hated having this gift.

”God girl, you look like hell. Did you get any sleep?” Wendy was sitting at her kitchen table drinking coffee on Saturday morning.
“No, not much. Wendy, this guy is waking me up at night. I’ve never seen him before and i’ve no idea what he wants.”
“Well, why do you think he has contacted you?”
“No clue.” Kayleigh said sipping her coffee.
“Give your mom a call and see what she has to say. Maybe she can give you some insight.”

“I just might do that. I hope he doesn’t do this to me every night. Especially now that I might be starting a new job.” Kayleigh told her.
“Oh yeah, how do you think the interview went?” Wendy asked.
“It went great! Criss is really down to earth and nice. I wasn’t really expecting that. We clicked well so I think i’ve got the job. It doesn’t hurt that Dave Baram put in some good words for me.” Kayleigh smiled.
“I’m thinking he is going to call me Monday.”

Kayleigh and Wendy spent Saturday shopping. Kayleigh felt it was time for some new clothes for the new job she felt she was going to get.
All day Sunday Kayleigh spent looking up everything she could on the internet about Criss Angel. Although she had seen a few episodes of Mindfreak; she really didn’t know much about him and she felt she should learn. She didn’t want to go into the job blind and end up looking like an idiot. She found out Criss was inspired by Houdini so she spent a lot of time finding out about him also.

When Monday arrived, she felt refreshed. She slept through two nights in a row with no sign of her mysterious visitor. She sat at her kitchen table drinking her coffee and reading the news paper when the phone rang making her nearly jump out of her seat. She actually sat there and stared at the phone for a minute before she answered it.

“Hello” she said, hoping it was Criss telling her she had the job.
“Kayleigh! Hi how are you? It’s Criss.”
Kayleigh tried to suppress the excitement in her voice.
“I’m good, Criss. You?”
“Great! Listen, i just wanted to let you know that you’ve got the job. I need for you to come by as soon as possible so you can meet Jennifer and we can all go over a few things.”
“Wow, great! I can come by anytime. In fact, I can come by today if you need me to.” Kayleigh told him.
“Oh, I was hoping you’d say that!” Criss told her and laughed. “Why don’t you meet us for lunch around 12:30 at The Firm. We’ll order Chinese take out and go over some things.”
“Yes, no problem. I’ll be there. Thanks, Criss.”
“No,thank YOU, Kayleigh. You’re saving my life here.” Criss told her making her smile.

The rest of the day was spent with mostly Jennifer talking about Criss and his schedules and everything she needed to know about him. Jennifer was so sweet and very helpful. He sounded like most easygoing person she’d ever worked for. It didn’t matter. She was prepared for whatever he could throw at her. She’d worked for some real ego trips and learned how to deal with them. It would be a nice change of pace to work for someone as easy going as Criss seemed to be.

She came home around midnight and flopped into bed completely exhausted. Around three am she woke up at the sound of the man’s voice again. She blinked groggily at the space near her bed and could see a male figure. She was so tired all she could make out was him saying “Tell Criss for me”. The next morning when she woke up all she could think was, “Aw crap, this would just have to be about my new employer. I can’t go telling him that someone from beyond has a message for him. He’ll think i’m completely crazy.” She had also heard him talk about not believing in such things. That just made matters worse for her. Maybe this would stop but from her past experience she’s found that it never does until it’s resolved.

Over the next couple of weeks, Kayleigh spent a lot of time with Jennifer learning about Criss’s show and production. She was getting a crash course since Jennifer had little time before she was leaving. Kayleigh already knew a little about production from working with Wayne Isham, the video director. She wasn’t completely new at this but it was still very different from working with music videos. She was also learning a lot about magic. It was all very fascinating to her but at the same time, a little disappointing. She was right there in it to see exactly how it’s done. Still, there were a few tricks Criss did that she didn’t see how they worked and she was glad for that. She loved the mystery behind it all.

When she wasn’t helping out with production she was doing her usual “gopher” work that went along with being a personal assistant. It didn’t bother her, she was used to it. In fact, she loved it. It was what she knew and had been doing for the past 15 years. So far she was right about Criss being easygoing. He hadn’t had any strange requests for her. He also hadn’t been a total perv that tried to get her in bed. She didn’t get that feeling from the beginning but she was glad he was quite normal. Some of the older business men she had worked for wanted her for a bed mate when the wife wasn’t around and she never succumbed to that. She’d lost her job over it on only one occasion.

She’d met his wife, Joanne, and the rest of the family and they were all very nice people. A very tight knit family but welcoming to her. The first time she met Costa they locked eyes and there was an instant connection. He made her stomach quiver whenever she was around him and he seemed to be shy around her. Kayleigh tried to put him out of her mind because that is not what she was here for. She needed this job and she was not going to screw it up. Romance would have to take a back burner to her career. She’d gotten out of a long term relationship about 6 months ago and hadn’t been on many dates. Right now, what she wanted to focus on was her job and it was a job she was really enjoying.