seeing visions. Her mother's twin sister, was a psychic, a clairvoyant and read tea leaves. They were very much into the spiritual world. Back then it scared Kim, this psychic unknown in frightened of everything. Terrified of the dark this was because of her uncle's cruel nature when very younger. Remembering as a little girl being under the bedclothes scared to death trembling, crying, having panic attacks. To this day she can have those feelings come up if she doesn't take care of herself in mind, body, spirit, or putting herself in situations were she feels she doesn't have control. Thank goodness she isn't afraid of the dark anymore, had grown out of that realising there wasn't anything to be scared of.  There were no monsters under her bed as her uncle would tell her. What the hell was wrong with him? It seems to enjoy having his niece locked in fear, and had some control over her. He was a Freemason was in the Air Force, her aunt met him after the The Second World War. Kim thinks he must have been from a middle class family. When his mother died he and sister were sent to boarding school. They did try to run away but were caught and sent back. Reading about these institutions Kim learned some terrible things can happen in there.  She read about Winston Churchill and look what happened to him like a lot of these children. He suffered from depression called it Black Dog.  Is this why her uncle turn out like he did? 

Her brother wanted to be a graphic designer their mother had gone with him to try and get him into college. She wasn't able to, one reason they were working class. Then her uncle went with her, what ever happened between those two men her brother was accepted into technical school. He got his nephew in, must have been the handshake. Yes those Freemasons they were everywhere in the middle class and high society in Great Britain and other countries around the world. Her grandfather on her dad's side of the family he was very high up in the Freemasons in Scotland. Kim was surrounded by them, her being a sensitive soul didn't want to be around them. There was something demonic she was picking up on. Her father though never became a Freemason, he left Scotland at sixteen there was a reason for this, went to London to live with his uncle that's story is in her novel.