Ordinary People
Danny
Running, heart pounding, I knew I had to get away. Trees scrape my face, tear at my neck as I crash through the creeping bushes. I can feel them screaming, making me wince in pain as my eardrum bursts, they're chasing me,
closer,
closer,
closer...
I wake with a start. My head drips with sweat as I peel back the clinging sheets. The nightmares keep happening. I don't know why. What have I done? I stumble to the bathroom and douse my face with freezing water. Then something hits me.
There was a face in that dream, a young girl. Who is she? I don't recognise her at first, but then it dawns on me. Amie. The girl in white. Fear contorts my brain. I don't want to think back to that day. The day my dad was murdered...
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