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one white and one red candle. She told me to burn the white

candle first and then the red one (this made things worse).
She gave me something to put over the front door of the
house. I gave her my last $60.00 and thanked her.

I drove home and lit the white candle immediately.
Shortly after that, I was told by a voice that Nicole would be

next. Hearing that tore me up inside. I could not handle what
was happening. I could not control it. I could not escape it.
Earlier, I even thought I had seen our dining room table
shake. I was going insane. There was no peace. Even worse, I
could not protect Nicole.

Because I was scared, I woke Nicole up from a nap and

told her everything. I was a mess and didn’t realize that my
being upset and frantic was making things worse for her. All
I wanted to do was get her out of that house. I told her that
we had to get out right then and that she could not stay. I told
her that we needed to find a priest as soon as possible. I

didn’t have any protection. I could not protect myself, much
less my 18-year-old daughter.

Also, I would space out sometimes when Nicole would
talk because the voices were louder than her voice. They were
also telling me to get my dog out of the house. There were

also voices having conversations with each other, which
made it difficult to make out who was saying what.

I finally got Nicole in the car and then broke down
crying. She immediately assumed it was a mental illness, and

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