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.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Adn31QwvF
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"What is it?" he asked. "What's wrong?"543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8u9mOt2Hl
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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."543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivzepcsWpS
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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.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPfXV5c5HP
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Jude bit his lip. "How the hell are you able to deal with it?"543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbKSTqO0Tf
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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?"543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LqXC2jlaQ
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He nodded. "Where would you like to go?"543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlTVZCfgia
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"Anywhere but here," I said, sighing.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEGbXKwGsWV
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Jude smiled.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRL4yIpgYpP
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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.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qhfeEunw0
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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.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2pzjhnMP0l
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"Oh, you have a sister?"543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqLcbxUPxU
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He shifted uncomfortably. "Had," he said softly. "She died."543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJz8Nm7W3ln
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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.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbF5sSqd0By
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"I'm sorry, I didn't know."543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRKkfq8why
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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?"543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6shojElUW
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"A few months ago, but I didn't think anything of them until the people around me started dying."543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDE3LlL7Bf0
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"Who was the first person?" Jude asked, tilting his head.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqOa905zaM
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"My old psychiatrist, John." I shook my head. "Whoever is doing this is being careful."543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOIimNCxGz
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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.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPdrHoo69R
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"Would you like to visit my sister, Kendall?" 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrB1p49n3g
