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.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuE0YYFVkH2
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"What is it?" he asked. "What's wrong?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsURoRyZb8
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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."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GS2vOiG2g
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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.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAyeC84X4Oq
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Jude bit his lip. "How the hell are you able to deal with it?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhU1iRaRpW
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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?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLXUVbCBxo
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He nodded. "Where would you like to go?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRoq02quUj
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"Anywhere but here," I said, sighing.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdd7qV0SHL
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Jude smiled.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9aCDk8v4Jp
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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.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI39zYfd2zn
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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.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4eiJolDNKF
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"Oh, you have a sister?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39fboSbssj
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He shifted uncomfortably. "Had," he said softly. "She died."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LIb8YzlQ2
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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.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WY9WSmLnv
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"I'm sorry, I didn't know."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflZK0qldtZ
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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?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqHZRNoD61
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"A few months ago, but I didn't think anything of them until the people around me started dying."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4ERKEL6NL
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"Who was the first person?" Jude asked, tilting his head.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VbenvDqMa
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"My old psychiatrist, John." I shook my head. "Whoever is doing this is being careful."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIotRuQ2Nes
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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.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmV3jfMQFZa
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"Would you like to visit my sister, Kendall?" 516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydHdr6FD68
