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He could be lying I have to re

I ahts around this The fact that there could be others They may have been in the same school as me, the same room as me, the same family as me But because we keep our secret so hidden, there’d be no way to know

I remember the boy in Montana whose story was so similar to mine Was that true? Or was it just a trap Poole set?

There are others

It can change everything

Or it can change nothing

As I drive back to Ainsley’s house, I realize it’s my choice

Day 6029

Darryl Drake is very distracted the next day

I guide his when I have to But his friends keep co that he’s lost in space At track practice, the coach berates him repeatedly for lack of focus

"What’s on your irlfriend, Sasha, asks hiuess I’m not really here today," he tells her "But I’ll be back to on the computer Darryl’s parents are both at work and his brother is in college, so I have the whole house to myself

My story is front and center on Poole’s website--a bastardized account of what I told Nathan, with so or fro outside his own site, I find out everything I can about Reverend Poole, but it’s not much He doesn’t seem to have become outspoken about demonic possession until Nathan’s story hit I look at photos fro to tell if there’s soraphs, he looks the sae

I read all the stories on the site, trying to find ain, there are a couple from Montana And others that could be similar, if what Poole hinted at is true: that the one-day limit is only for newcomers, and can be somehow bypassed

It’s what I want, of course To stay in a single body To lead a single life

But at the sa about ould happen to the person whose body I’d stay in Does he or she just wink out of existence? Or is the original soul then banished to bounce from body to body--basically, are the roles reversed? I can’t ile body and then suddenly not being able to stay in any for longer than a day At least I’ve had the co else I would destroythis traveler’s existence

If there were no one else involved, it would be an easy choice But isn’t that always the case? And there’s always so how sorry he is for what happened yesterday He says that he’d thought Reverend Poole could help

I write back to tell hiet away froet back to his normal life

I also tell him this is the last time I will ever email hiure he’ll make that connection for himself