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So to find my friend in the room with me, but he’s not there I’ is the ultien

But now, as the phone continues to ring, one of these bright beings of light steps forward The blazing white irown quite fond of It is Olivia, Eddie’swife She has beautiful black hair that’s oddly translucent in the light She does not smile and I see why: her ash that has opened down to her throat If I look hard enough, I can see inside her throat

Sweet Jesus

I gasp and sit up, and the vision is gone instantly I scan the rooht splashes acrossroom I blink hard Olivia, coht here in the light

My phone is still ringing Nuoes to voice et to it What Nuets

Still looking around, shaken by the bloody ie of Olivia, I reach for the phone and swipe it on I don’t bother to see who’s calling Hell, it’s all I can do not to drop the da

“Hello?” I say Or I think I say My mind isn’t entirely here

“Jiuely familiar voice “They found her”

CHAPTER FIVE

“Who is this?” I ask, slurring my words “Found who?”

“It’s Eddie They found Olivia”

“She’s all right?” I ask, although I already know the answer

“No She’s not all right,” he says

I sit up on the couch, now fully in the hts seem to retract back, like an explosion played in reverse I’m here in the present, which means my earlier conversation with Eddie hasn’t been a dream after all These days, reality and dreams are difficult to differentiate

The vision…

“Where did they find her?” I hearin my throat

“Laurel Canyon”

If he says so past the words “Laurel Canyon” I discover I’ in air

Not related, I think Impossible

Laurel Canyon holds a special interest for e my life forever I take in y for it So, I breathe and keep breathing until I calm down