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She wonders what he wears to bed She is more than tempted to look But she ait

She must wait

She waits

2:15 am

He doesn’t snore

3:04 am

Janie, asleep in the bushes, is jolted awake Painfully Her body is paralyzed almost immediately, and she is sucked into his mind Into his fears His dream

It lasts two hours

The saed arette at Cabel Thea knife-pointed chair, hitting the ceiling fan, decapitating the irl cheerleader, in handcuffs, hooked to a bed S Janie thinks she looks dreadful

Naked

As Cabel climbs in bed with her

And Janie can’t pull herself away

She feels herself become ill, but she cannot move

She can’t pound on the ake hiht school was torture

It’s absolutely the worst dream she’s ever been stuck in By far She passes out Unconscious Drained Right before the scene changes And ends

6:31 am

She opens her eyes

On her belly, facedown, in the stones and branches

She can hardlyup

7:11 as

7:34 am

Janie crawls in the door, closes it, and falls on the carpet next to Carrie, who is still lying on the couch She sleeps

8:03 aain So tired

When they see the boy, bobbing in the water, Stu appears next to Carrie

The grin

The struggling

The plea Help him

And Janie can’t help him

She can never help him

Stu reaches over the water, but he cannot help either Stufor the boy, Carson

The boy is bloody, lost, gone with the shark

As always