Jude had come after me, and he was standing beside me when I started to shake me head furiously. I fisted my hands into my hair, fully prepared to rip out chunks, when his hands covered mine and he looked into my tear-streaked face. Slowly, he released my hands from my hand and held them, a frown on his face.535Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhGcGd1nau
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"What is it?" he asked. "What's wrong?"535Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymIKaZw2a2
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"I know him," I said, looking at the picture of the flyer. "His name is Jared Davis. He's Christian's best friend."535Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqk9fjuQUg7
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I couldn't believe that this, any of it, was happening. I realized, then, that I hadn't seen Jared for the last few days at school. It didn't even occur to me that he might have gone missing, either. All of the nightmares I was having revolved around someone dying. I only had one option left: I had to stay awake.535Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡumwPwJSQFz
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Jude bit his lip. "How the hell are you able to deal with it?"535Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAm5RFU6AZJ
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"It's not like I have a choice," I told him, stepping away from the window. I pressed my fingers to my temple, trying to ease the dull pain I felt. "Can we go somewhere else?"535Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Rr5bN9Oyl
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He nodded. "Where would you like to go?"535Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESorZeiOQ5
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"Anywhere but here," I said, sighing.535Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhjmBGHd0y
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Jude smiled.535Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMuEAa8gvb
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Behind Jude's house was a lake surrounded by woods. He took me there and we sat on top of a log, talking about my nightmares, our families, and finally, the reason why he moved to Alpena.535Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CnYxOatPQ
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"My parents wanted to be closer to my sister," he said. He wasn't looking at me when he said this, but out into the water, like it would reply back.535Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYu1bbfH4F
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"Oh, you have a sister?"535Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlx0j3daFN2
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He shifted uncomfortably. "Had," he said softly. "She died."535Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Quk5sI8r7
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I didn't know what to say. The only other person I knew who had lost a family member was Christian, and he rarely talked about it with anyone.535Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBDdgI0BVf
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"I'm sorry, I didn't know."535Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28mJL65R0L
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"Of course you didn't know. But don't apologize. It was a long time ago." He leaned back slightly, perhaps stretching, his eyes on me the entire time. "So, these nightmares, when did they start?"535Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAzWkdMaaK
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"A few months ago, but I didn't think anything of them until the people around me started dying."535Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97gT2lwC3J
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"Who was the first person?" Jude asked, tilting his head.535Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCsiiRpjhj
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"My old psychiatrist, John." I shook my head. "Whoever is doing this is being careful."535Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhLreEfxrr
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Jude nodded and surprised me by putting an arm around my shoulders. We stayed like that for awhile, until he cleared his throat and spoke again.535Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1hblOyBfr
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"Would you like to visit my sister, Kendall?" 535Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxNpTwvId7
