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"Why you come?" she followed quickly

"You knohy" I said

She continued to stare I fought down a screa froht Maybe I should have Harley take etabout it Would it be right to just leave hih? I wondered Later, would he be and that I had left without telling him about my discoveries?

My mind was in such tur upfrom my ankle that made me feel as nauseous and dizzy as I was I had to lie back Through the floor I could hear the ined it came from her holy room

Hoas I supposed to fall asleep with all this going on anyway? I should have remained downstairs with Harley

I closed my eyes and tried to think what Mo Harley everything I decided She would say the truthto s, but s you must if you wanted to be free of deception, especially when the person you're deceiving is you, yourself

"I've got to tell hiot to"

Why were ht to keep them open I wanted to hear Harley come up the stairs and call him to my room as soon as I had I would stay fully dressed and wait I thought

I'll just rest a little, but I'll continue to listen for him I did try to stay awake, but I was like auntil I lost my hold completely and slid rapidly down, down into the darkness of a tunnel that dropped htmares

Suze's face oozed out of the blackness Her eyes glittered like tinfoil, the ebony pupils spinning and spinning until tiny drills extended toward me I heard myself scream and she popped like a soap bubble, only to be replaced by that horrible rat in the holy room Its body swelled until its head receded under the folds of gray and it turned into a dark gray ball that began to roll toward me

I feltas ered, shooting darts up inside round beneath me turned into softer and softeras the muck sank into my mouth and then my nose

My eyes snapped open I looked about quickly Was I awake or still in htmares? I heldIt was very quiet and very dark I glanced at h theand saw I had been sleeping for hours Oh no I thought, Harley has already gone to bed I was in too deep of a sleep to have heard him

I sat up, feeling just horrible My lower back ached, one numb from the pain and my stomach continued to rumble Why had I eaten Suze's rich food? I found ht on in the hallway, but h for me to safely make my way to the bathroom

Afterward I felt weaker and sicker I thought I was going to vomit, too but I held it down and returned tobeen so stupid Once I had learned about the lies I should have screamed them aloud and not permitted this madness to continue Who knehat else that woman had put into my food?

I was hoping Harley had heardabout and would come to see hoas, but he must have fallen into so deep a sleep that he could hear nothing Perhaps his grandfather had given him more beer to drink and maybe he had drunk too much