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He’ll understand Thefro inside ofup Ollie

I hit send against ment

“Hello?” a husky, sleep heavy voice says

“Hey, Ollie It’s Quinn”

“Quinn? Everything okay?”

“Umm I’m sorry if I woke you”

“Don’t worry about that What’s going on?”

“Have you had trouble sleepingsince?”

“You having dreams, too?” he asks solemnly

The words break the da a trickle into a flood

“Alht this week”

“Sahtmares You’re the first person I’ve admitted that to”

“I’m sorry Don’t you have meds?”

“I do, but this is h to sleep deeply I could take more pills, but I don’t like the total disorientation that comes with too much medication I want to be alert”

My heart goes to hiet it”