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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KCBofIn3k
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"What is it?" he asked. "What's wrong?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8pjUDP4EU
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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."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCflKlx2O1w
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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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5exP1iSdib
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Jude bit his lip. "How the hell are you able to deal with it?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPltNZmBHt
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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?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFwJwPVBjg
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He nodded. "Where would you like to go?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XDshWjply
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"Anywhere but here," I said, sighing.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYXWLnoBr7
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Jude smiled.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvX4CvBWPSm
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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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlknzm7NWs7
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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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjntzzAdnv
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"Oh, you have a sister?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIHzKKmHUn
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He shifted uncomfortably. "Had," he said softly. "She died."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqU7dus8whF
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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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLob0Ed0Hnn
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"I'm sorry, I didn't know."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYzwvLoXhn
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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?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKmVR4mBQn
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"A few months ago, but I didn't think anything of them until the people around me started dying."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ252FlYhomQ
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"Who was the first person?" Jude asked, tilting his head.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFK08HFgzB
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"My old psychiatrist, John." I shook my head. "Whoever is doing this is being careful."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKc7DHDZHu
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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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexGiCY2pzE
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"Would you like to visit my sister, Kendall?" 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnV8saR5bbH
