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.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOfKSxOCVQ
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"What is it?" he asked. "What's wrong?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuRFdPU2p66
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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."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGcYvj9qYR
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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.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyuBarJRZoB
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Jude bit his lip. "How the hell are you able to deal with it?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHbrtpWqRV
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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?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuI5UtdWTe
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He nodded. "Where would you like to go?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqmSC8jRK7
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"Anywhere but here," I said, sighing.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXoJhRpz9m
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Jude smiled.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhg0bdfaiI3
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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.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhr0zKoU8J8
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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.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIHPDpOLew
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"Oh, you have a sister?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4lDpjPQQZ
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He shifted uncomfortably. "Had," he said softly. "She died."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMp0WKFdzk
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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.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xIW7zgvMX
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"I'm sorry, I didn't know."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBZPggcMuY
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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?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0981NBgtj
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"A few months ago, but I didn't think anything of them until the people around me started dying."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wbp2uIJ6n
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"Who was the first person?" Jude asked, tilting his head.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8wKRQFYMa
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"My old psychiatrist, John." I shook my head. "Whoever is doing this is being careful."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17dR6kuivI
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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.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCBsst607Q
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"Would you like to visit my sister, Kendall?" 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeS52zdbhfK
