HYPNOTIC SUGGESTION
Natalie flipped the bed covers off her head in frustration. “Jen, it’s late. Can we please turn off the light?” “Just a few more pages,” her sister Jenny insisted, thumbing over to the next chapter. Natalie gave an exaggerated sigh. She didn’t normally mind sharing a bedroom with her older sister, but her habit of staying up late, curled up with a book, was a common source of dispute between the two otherwise close siblings. “What’s so fascinating about this one?” Natalie inquired with a hint of sarcasm, peering across the small room to her sister’s bed. “It’s on hypnosis,” Jen replied, not breaking her concentration off the page. Natalie scoffed. “That’s all nonsense,” she proclaimed. “I bet you couldn’t hypnotize me and make me do stuff I don’t want to.” “It doesn’t work that …