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.509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJKeVYW8VA
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"What is it?" he asked. "What's wrong?"509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenLc3B2kr2
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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."509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTamUI2DUvi
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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.509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNuO9k5gNj
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Jude bit his lip. "How the hell are you able to deal with it?"509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgA8ccV7Mi
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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?"509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcxByX6GSq
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He nodded. "Where would you like to go?"509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQq25TKw85
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"Anywhere but here," I said, sighing.509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CMzYWSQEj
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Jude smiled.509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXQ0gDAlgd
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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.509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6gdES03sX
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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.509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvoaziTq6yW
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"Oh, you have a sister?"509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUrzBC39iD
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He shifted uncomfortably. "Had," he said softly. "She died."509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPT7jsgj97f
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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.509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAexKnyxq4
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"I'm sorry, I didn't know."509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxcBO3iZ8kQ
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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?"509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsIiC1F5HN
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"A few months ago, but I didn't think anything of them until the people around me started dying."509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBbs9cKtU9
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"Who was the first person?" Jude asked, tilting his head.509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVayY7E67eX
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"My old psychiatrist, John." I shook my head. "Whoever is doing this is being careful."509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0N8XncZrGb
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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.509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRJMSF6vHw
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"Would you like to visit my sister, Kendall?" 509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1yRgTcqFd
