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.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPOz5LonS3
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"What is it?" he asked. "What's wrong?"500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcT83L8Y60
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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."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIP6VLGj7b
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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.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYzCy7P0fl
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Jude bit his lip. "How the hell are you able to deal with it?"500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdodWkDfzFg
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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?"500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBe1zZT6X4D
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He nodded. "Where would you like to go?"500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DJXgOfHiY
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"Anywhere but here," I said, sighing.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7vGOE43lw
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Jude smiled.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoiDXX4wvCe
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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.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2o8Ov5ERqa
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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.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcq5iHQgTym
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"Oh, you have a sister?"500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdI9igqTJC0
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He shifted uncomfortably. "Had," he said softly. "She died."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirxmmbYS9F
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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.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdoPZNH6BW
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"I'm sorry, I didn't know."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqNCbqFthN
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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?"500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtFwTg1y0D
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"A few months ago, but I didn't think anything of them until the people around me started dying."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjGzUNE1hI
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"Who was the first person?" Jude asked, tilting his head.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZgW5AkEyD
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"My old psychiatrist, John." I shook my head. "Whoever is doing this is being careful."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuAaZIH1ryz
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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.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡntb4PnShx1
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"Would you like to visit my sister, Kendall?" 500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFtita2Tsp
