Bridget Bailey

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Bridget Bailey
Bridget sends emails to Mohinder.
First mentioned:	July 30, 2007
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Bridget Bailey is an evolved human, introduced by BBC Two in its mirror of Heroes 360 information.

Emails

Bridget Bailey is a lawyer who had some contact with Chandra Suresh. After Chandra's death, Bridget began corresponding with Mohinder Suresh. On the BBC Two website, the office in Mohinder's apartment is also regularly updated with possible clues. Following is the text of Bridget's emails and the changes made to Mohinder's office.

I need some advice

Dear Professor Suresh,

I hope I'm not being rude or presumptuous in contacting you like this but I feel compelled to do so. Recently a friend of mine confided in me about strange experiences that have happened to her. Of course I did everything I could to help within (my limited) means. I started by searching the internet and various online bookstores and your name came up time and again, so I decided to get hold of a copy of your book Activating Evolution.

I'm not a scientist or a doctor (actually, I'm a lawyer) so I feel a bit uncomfortable giving my friend advice based on something that's outside my field but I feel I need to do something because she's beginning to wonder if she's losing her mind. I wondered if you could tell me a bit more about your book, for example is it just theoretical or do you believe these "evolved humans" really exist? I'd also like to know if there's anything more I can do to help my friend. I hope I'm not asking too much.

Kind regards,

Bridget Bailey

Re: My credentials for your "friend"

Dear Chandra,

Thank you so much for your reply. I hadn't realised that you were so eminent in your field but the credentials you sent me are very impressive and very reassuring, as is your strong belief in the existence of the so-called "special abilities" that your book describes.

You are also very perceptive; "my friend" is in fact me, perhaps I should be surprised that someone as intelligent as you would see right through my ruse. I am suffering from the strange experiences I mentioned in my last e-mail. The experiences most closely match what you describe in your chapter on clairsentience. Sometimes when I touch an object I get a mental image of the object's history, for example I might touch a wooden chair and I see an image of the carpenter working on it in his workshop. Given my chosen career I'm sure you can imagine that I come into contact with a lot of objects with long and troubled histories which could cause problems if the frequency of my visions increases.

I wondered if you had any advice for me; is there a cure? Is there anything I can do to reduce the frequency of my visions? Can you help me?

Kind regards,

Bridget Bailey

I don't want to pester you but...

Dear Chandra,

I haven't heard from you for a long time, I hope you are okay. I appreciate that you are very busy and that perhaps my messages sound like the paranoid ramblings of a crazy Brit but you're the only person I can talk to about this.

My symptoms seem to be getting steadily worse and it's started to affect my ability to do my job. One of my colleagues has noticed that I sometimes "zone out" when I'm getting a vision. I would confide in him but since we have been rivals in the past he may just use it to his advantage. You gave me hope when you believed my story and reassured me that I wasn't imagining my ability but now things are worse than ever with my ability manifesting several times a day. I can't even wear some of my clothes because now I see the awful factories they were made in whenever I touch them. I fear that it is only a matter of time before I have a terrible vision while I'm in court as I regularly have to handle case evidence.

Please help me Chandra, please, I'm desperate. If I can't learn to control my visions then I may lose my mind.

Bridget

Re: I'm afraid I have some sad news

Dear Dr. Suresh,

I'm very sorry to hear about your father, we only exchanged a couple of e-mails but he gave me the impression of being a sincere, intelligent and generous man. His words have helped me maintain a grip on my sanity. I don't know what I would've done if he hadn't helped me the way he did.

It's good to hear that you also share your father's passion for the research into humans with "special abilities". I will help if I can but I'm afraid I won't be able to go public with my ability given the nature of my work and I'd appreciate it if our correspondence remains in the strictest confidence.

I am very thankful of your offer to help me explore my own ability and I plan to take you up on it soon. In the meantime I think I shall refrain from burdening you with my problems and give you some time to heal your own wounds.

Kind regards,

Bridget Bailey

When this email was posted, Mohinder's taxi license appeared on a table in the office. The license's expiration date was 1/24/2012, and the taxicab number was 5025535.

Had another vision today

Dear Mohinder,

I had a vision in the courtroom today, just as I feared. It was a petty fraud case; clear cut (paper trail with signatures all over it). I made my prosecution case and won. But while I was cross-examining the defendant I held up a piece of evidence for her to look at (to confirm that it was her signature on a fraudulent claim) and I got a vision of her with her kids. In an instant I knew that she was just trying to pay for a college course to get out of a dead-end job and give her kids a decent shot at life.

The thing is I knew she was guilty according to the "word of the law" but I still questioned whether I was right to push for a guilty verdict. I know it's my job to make the strongest case I can then it's the jury that decides she's guilty, not me. But I'm worried that if I start to empathise with defendants then it's going to get in the way of me doing my job properly.

The thing that worried me most was the intensity of the vision. It wasn't just a mental image, it felt alive, like I just knew what was happening in this woman's life. I'm worried that I'm imagining this "ability" because it seems to be developing in just the way that I feared it would. Maybe it's psychosomatic (not that I'm qualified to diagnose myself!)

And then to top it off I lost my mobile phone. Typical!

Kind regards,

Bridget Bailey

When this email arrived, Mohinder's license was removed from the table.

Thanks

Thanks Mohinder, your insights gave me hope. I suppose it does make sense that an "ability" could get stronger over time and if you think my control could improve too then that's a relief. Maybe I'll learn to stop these visions happening at all!

I hope that time is soon because I'm about to start the biggest case in my career so far. It's a murder that's getting national media coverage in the UK so I'll have to be vague about the details and change a few names to protect the guilty/innocent! I'll be prosecuting (as usual) and there's a promotion waiting if I win.

I've seen the defence barrister at the preliminary hearing, he's an old guy called Will Harrison. He's rough, jaded and his crumpled suit must be nearly as old as he is. He turned up late and didn't have his notes in order, he reminds me of Columbo but without the wit. The defendant (let's call him John Smith) is accused of murdering his wife and all the evidence points at him. I have a co-council too, his name's Vince, he's the one I mentioned before. I think he's a bit of a weasel but his success rate is almost as good as mine and he wants this win at least as much as I do.

I just hope my visions don't interfere. This could be my one chance to make it, I don't want to be joining Harrison in the "crumpled suit club" any time soon.

Thanks again,

Bridget Bailey

My world is falling apart

Mohinder, so sorry to dump all this on you but there's no one else who could understand. A couple of days ago something terrible happened to me. I've only just managed to recover enough to email you.

It was the end of last week, the first day of the trial "prop". Vince and I had decided to go in hard, see if we could get an emotional reaction out of the defendant by showing him his wife's bloodstained dress but just as I took the evidence from Vince, I was instantly consumed by the most powerful vision so far.

I left the courtroom completely and I found myself in a typical London park at night. I had a woman pinned, on the floor, by her shoulders. She screamed and writhed, trying to break my grip. I was filled with rage, excitement, ecstasy. I shook her and smashed her against the floor but she wouldn't be silenced. I reached for a rock, a hefty one and lifted it above my head.

Then I was back in the courtroom, out of breath, my vision blurred. I fell to my knees with this other person's thoughts and feelings still racing through my mind. That feeling of sheer joy at another person's terror filled me with revulsion and my body responded as I shuddered, wretched and vomited.

The judge immediately adjourned for the day. I haven't been back to court since.

Mohinder, I don't think I can deal with this. I've never made such a spectacle of myself before.

Please, if there's anything you haven't told me, anything at all that might help, please, please let me know. I think I'm starting to despair.

Bridget

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