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Nope, she hadnʼt developed super-lying skills over night That was good to know

"Still keeping secrets from me?"

"Iʼm sorry I should tell you It will help you to understand Itʼs just that" She took a deep breath and looked me in the eye "You understand that itʼs not a real vision, right? I canʼt See the future This isnʼt going to happen" Her intensity was a bit unsettling

"Not a real vision Got it"

"I atching one of those reality TV shoith the has-been al it because I thought I saw thisroom I had never seen hi about hiers through her now knotted hair

"He wasnʼt wearing a shirt His chest was covered in blood, but not his It had all came from the person that lay limp in his arms There were claw marks across her stomach, shirt and flesh ripped to shreds" Talley rubbed her eyes as if the ie was affixed to the back of her eyelids "There was so much blood It was everywhere Her clothes were drenched, it was dried on her face and matted in her hair But still, even caked in blood and co" My heart ha the punch line "It was you, Scout" Talleyʼs voice tre it wasnʼt a real vision, huh?"

"Itʼs why they hate them, why they donʼt want you near Alex Theyʼre afraid that if you get too close to hi?"

Talley flinched "Itʼs not funny"

"Which is why Iʼ" I didnʼt find this even remotely funny I wasnʼt worried about Alex Alex would never hurt me, but Talley had seen a ining hi a desire to disembowel me wasnʼt hard "When did you have this not-really-a-vision vision?"

"July fifth" She was back to the hair twirling routine "And before you ask, yes, thatʼs the same day the Coles moved here"

That certainly was convenient I sat down on the edge of the bathtub, unsure that s could continue to hold ht?"

"Alex would never hurt you"

"I know that" She wasnʼt answering my question and I knehy Uncertainty ritten clearly all over her face "Does he know about this?"

"No"

"But Jase and Charlie do? And they think itʼs really going to happen?"

"They think itʼs tooup and the vision And then, with Alexʼs obvious obsession with you" She shook her head I wasnʼt sure if her dismay was aimed at Charlie and Jaseʼs belief in the vision or Alexʼs feelings towards me "Iʼve tried to tell them, explain howyou harm, but they wonʼt hear it Well, Charlie hears it, but that doesnʼt really help"