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.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hCRkCm0nX
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"What is it?" he asked. "What's wrong?"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZkv2wgZ6p
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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."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5LHqdu1JG
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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.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYMandt0mV
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Jude bit his lip. "How the hell are you able to deal with it?"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezMwBNgrij
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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?"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BEfB1znaZ
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He nodded. "Where would you like to go?"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQ190FZ7uq
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"Anywhere but here," I said, sighing.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1H7TovrNrO
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Jude smiled.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9a6uPj954u
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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.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHZcEkgScP
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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.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvrpJ8ihpI
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"Oh, you have a sister?"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRT1iS5WkW
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He shifted uncomfortably. "Had," he said softly. "She died."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSoZrjffoK
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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.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMeC0jWE6fL
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"I'm sorry, I didn't know."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKa0oNJWJ5
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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?"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCWcE8IFN8
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"A few months ago, but I didn't think anything of them until the people around me started dying."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2Eu6i9z9B
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"Who was the first person?" Jude asked, tilting his head.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMTONBsP4i
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"My old psychiatrist, John." I shook my head. "Whoever is doing this is being careful."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpFYjHNTRB
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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.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV38C1zcKSQ
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"Would you like to visit my sister, Kendall?" 464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpaOM4KzR9
