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.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoU1f6ue95l
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"What is it?" he asked. "What's wrong?"511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUohRcPWpV
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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."511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm868OmAZio
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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.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZbOOOSjRI
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Jude bit his lip. "How the hell are you able to deal with it?"511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIn1spqGwc
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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?"511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxOyylDKvn
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He nodded. "Where would you like to go?"511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJT8dHqYoo
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"Anywhere but here," I said, sighing.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vWGFT6qUr
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Jude smiled.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMU3JhbSf6
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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.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvEnYxQLxvi
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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.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCH4wNAOIR
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"Oh, you have a sister?"511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqaSkVHRmQ1
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He shifted uncomfortably. "Had," he said softly. "She died."511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbb8rS0RhtU
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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.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PMoeU16Id
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"I'm sorry, I didn't know."511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynIQvXGNg4
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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?"511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQoe88wxaY9
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"A few months ago, but I didn't think anything of them until the people around me started dying."511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDg8LTdPIwt
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"Who was the first person?" Jude asked, tilting his head.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09jfy1bKZk
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"My old psychiatrist, John." I shook my head. "Whoever is doing this is being careful."511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf41MTiicKp
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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.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlmsw5bQ6h
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"Would you like to visit my sister, Kendall?" 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxjrUM5lJj
