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.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfDecIFExF
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"What is it?" he asked. "What's wrong?"501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jzQubMNTs
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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."501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpnhdIOm5n
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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.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RAUzYQF8N
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Jude bit his lip. "How the hell are you able to deal with it?"501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdlYrW1FiE
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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?"501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbRCgkVugo
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He nodded. "Where would you like to go?"501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DmZHocibi
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"Anywhere but here," I said, sighing.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2I1oM3Sja
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Jude smiled.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtlzppZbv8
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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.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡReNE8ZkkDm
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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.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEFMwyNDUM
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"Oh, you have a sister?"501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyeKWvbdc29
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He shifted uncomfortably. "Had," he said softly. "She died."501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvxoxbonuf
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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.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhaUDhgDpHq
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"I'm sorry, I didn't know."501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKaOlzyXjM
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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?"501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3z3UqERa5g
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"A few months ago, but I didn't think anything of them until the people around me started dying."501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSE85jGloxK
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"Who was the first person?" Jude asked, tilting his head.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGeuyH1icFT
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"My old psychiatrist, John." I shook my head. "Whoever is doing this is being careful."501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7MShbQhif
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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.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vhRYoUON4
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"Would you like to visit my sister, Kendall?" 501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLf1zB3Sy0o
