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perhaps a little crazy You " She paused, searching carefully for the right words

He shivered, drew slightly away from her "You'd hate me if you knehat I've done"

"I cannot i-"

"No You cannot" He cut her off "I don't want to be here anymore" He sat up and ripped the blindfold off

Sunlight splashed his face

Selena had never witnessed such stark, all-consuht-eningly bright Slowly he shook his head from side to side and lifted his fists, as if to ward off a predator that only he could see

"Andrew?"

Hebackward, he pushed through the damp earth and slammed into a tree trunk Needles rained down on his moist cheeks and stuck; he see, he curled into a sht, tre at the red scars on his wrists, as if he wanted to reopen the flesh "Please "

Selena crawled toward him "Andrew?"

His vacant eyes rolled back in his head and he started to scream

Selena lurched to her feet "I need help" She yanked up the he hard, she bounded up the porch steps and careened into the house, taking the stairs two at a time Without a knock, she wrenched open Ian's door and hurled herself inside "Ian?"

He was sitting up in bed, reading, his white nightshirt gaped across his naked chest His face was drawn and too pale, as if he hadn't slept at all

He turned to her "What is it?"

"It is Andrew I have done soht a cold, shak-