Another notice catches her eye

Marissa's hand was drawn to the card as if by an unseen ****. But just as she was about to pluck it from the board she spotted the paper beneath it.

'Hypnotherapy subjects wanted for student project'

Hypnotherapy? Like hypnosis? she thought, hand poised over the paper. Without thinking she plucked the card off the paper, tucking it in her pocket just so she could read the page below it.

Like so many other posted notices it one edge cut into strips, each strip containing a telephone number and e-mail.

It occurred to her for the first time that perhaps it wasn't actually a spell that she was under. Maybe it was a compulsion, laid by a very expert hypnotist. That would make a lot more sense than magic. And if that was what it was surely another hypnotist could reverse it. Right?