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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Scary Story Podcast. Two people meet, they fall

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<v Speaker 1>in love, but sudden dreams began to threaten them both.

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<v Speaker 1>My name is Edwin, and here's a scary story. My

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<v Speaker 1>friends had just left the mall for a movie they

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<v Speaker 1>were going to watch together, something Elena and I both

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<v Speaker 1>agreed we were going to skip, even though we didn't

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<v Speaker 1>know each other, and we're desperately searching for a time

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<v Speaker 1>to talk alone. We were trying to drift away from

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<v Speaker 1>the pace of our friends along those same stores, the

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<v Speaker 1>ones that seemed to line up every mall ever made.

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<v Speaker 1>We would fall behind, match our steps, ignore each other

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<v Speaker 1>for a bit, and then speak our first words, Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I need to get some new shoes. I didn't, but

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to sound like I had other reasons to be

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<v Speaker 1>there with everybody with the most boring place on earth.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you want to go to Kim's, she asked. I

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<v Speaker 1>need a few things from there too. Kims was like

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<v Speaker 1>an off brand reseller, sort of like Payless at the time,

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<v Speaker 1>but I had gotten most of my shoes growing up

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<v Speaker 1>from there. I was relieved to know that she was

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<v Speaker 1>like that, normal someone who I didn't have to play

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<v Speaker 1>pretend with. She probably also wanted to skip the movie

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<v Speaker 1>because it wasn't worth it. You can watch movies for

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<v Speaker 1>free and so many other places, but for me it

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<v Speaker 1>was half I want to talk to her and half

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to pay for a movie. And it

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<v Speaker 1>was at the food court when we started talking. Everything

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<v Speaker 1>seemed to match. I guess during that stage everything seemed

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<v Speaker 1>simpler than it will be. But she wasn't afraid of

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<v Speaker 1>saying things how they were almost to a level of

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<v Speaker 1>brutal truth, both to herself and to me. It was

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<v Speaker 1>how I knew that she was honest, down to earth

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<v Speaker 1>and normal. Nothing about her would even hint at what

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<v Speaker 1>we were going to go through in the coming months.

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<v Speaker 1>We had both graduated, me with an economics degree and

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<v Speaker 1>she got it in literature and English. We both had

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<v Speaker 1>jobs near each other, so we quickly decided to move

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<v Speaker 1>in together, although we hadn't told our families yet. Being

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<v Speaker 1>together for such a short time was the main reason

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<v Speaker 1>our families who would flip out. But as young people do,

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<v Speaker 1>we wanted to rush to do everything to plan out

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<v Speaker 1>our lives to get the most of it. But I

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<v Speaker 1>started noticing something was off. Sometime in January. We were

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<v Speaker 1>planning on going to our family's house to give them

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<v Speaker 1>the news, before driving to my childhood home, practicing how

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<v Speaker 1>to tell them without getting lectured on it. Part of

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<v Speaker 1>me thought that it shouldn't be that big of a deal.

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<v Speaker 1>We were both adults by then. Plus I also thought

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<v Speaker 1>that that's what was bothering her and why she would

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<v Speaker 1>end up on her phone late at night, scrolling with

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<v Speaker 1>the occasional loud TikTok popping up on the screen, startling

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<v Speaker 1>me enough to wake up. As expected, she would wake

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<v Speaker 1>up tired, her face started drooping around her eyes, and

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<v Speaker 1>her hair stopped shining the way it used to. Of course,

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<v Speaker 1>I was more careful with my words, although she expected

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<v Speaker 1>absolute honesty from my behalf when it came to these

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<v Speaker 1>kind of things. Open communication was our rule. But I

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<v Speaker 1>struggled to finally ask if she needed to see a doctor,

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<v Speaker 1>if the pressure of our relationship was affecting her sleep.

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<v Speaker 1>I mustered up the courage to talk to her, finally

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<v Speaker 1>approaching her during breakfast on a Monday, and that's when

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<v Speaker 1>she startled me, I've been having terrible dreams. She looked

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<v Speaker 1>down and stayed quiet. What about, I asked, half expecting

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<v Speaker 1>her to continue without me asking I know when I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna die, she said, looking down at her coffee, no

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<v Speaker 1>longer steaming and still unstirred, with a creamer slowly rising

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<v Speaker 1>in strange shapes from the darkness. I couldn't think of

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<v Speaker 1>anything to say, so I asked her when in March.

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<v Speaker 1>She said, March second this year, I asked, in shock

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<v Speaker 1>of both what she was saying with such a straight

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<v Speaker 1>face and the thought of losing who I thought was

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<v Speaker 1>going to become an important person in my life. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know what I was thinking. It only felt like

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<v Speaker 1>something that she wanted to talk about, perhaps a topic

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<v Speaker 1>of conversation. And yet I can't help myself at thinking

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<v Speaker 1>if I fuel this. Had I ignored, this would have

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<v Speaker 1>been forgotten, along with the many other ideas that Elena

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<v Speaker 1>would have for me on a daily basis. She was

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<v Speaker 1>an interesting person who was obviously familiar with the stories

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<v Speaker 1>across cultures and ages. That day, she simply nodded and

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<v Speaker 1>quietly got up to go to the bathroom to brush

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<v Speaker 1>her teeth. The inside of the coffee cup was completely

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<v Speaker 1>light brown, now all on its own. When she got

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<v Speaker 1>home from work, I asked her more about what she

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<v Speaker 1>had told me in the morning. Had to promise her

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<v Speaker 1>that I would take it seriously. Because I had been

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<v Speaker 1>bothering her for several weeks. The thoughts of us celebrating

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<v Speaker 1>something that wouldn't happen because of her death was a

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<v Speaker 1>very serious and very real thing in her head. I

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<v Speaker 1>had no choice but to ask more about it. I've

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<v Speaker 1>been having these dreams, she said quietly, Dreams where I'm

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<v Speaker 1>in bed and suddenly I can't breathe, my heart begins

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<v Speaker 1>to struggle, and suddenly I'm gone. It always happens the

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<v Speaker 1>same way, enough for me to spot details within them.

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<v Speaker 1>I waited for her to tell me the rest of them.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't think I'm crazy, she told me. I simply

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<v Speaker 1>stared at her light brown eyes. You can't, okay, she

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<v Speaker 1>asked again. All right, I said, raising my hands as

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<v Speaker 1>I backed away and placed them on my lap, adjusting

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<v Speaker 1>my shoulders to line up with hers on the couch.

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<v Speaker 1>For several nights, I've had these dreams where I'm in

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<v Speaker 1>bed and I begin to hear strange noises. There's knocks

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<v Speaker 1>on the window, tapping on the wall. I look around,

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<v Speaker 1>sitting up in bed, and I hear them voices coming closer,

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<v Speaker 1>asking me where I want to go, and some only

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<v Speaker 1>tell me where I'm going. They tell me not to

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<v Speaker 1>be afraid, but of course I panic. I begin to

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<v Speaker 1>shake and wonder what is going to happen with me?

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<v Speaker 1>What will happen to us and to my family, my things?

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<v Speaker 1>How though, how do you know that it's happening soon?

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<v Speaker 1>This is where I tell you to not think I'm crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>But do you know about the puppy calendar? I nodded

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<v Speaker 1>that things she picked up when she was at one

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<v Speaker 1>of the department stores. I think t J Max near

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<v Speaker 1>the cash register. She loves of all calendars, those cheap

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<v Speaker 1>ones you would get when you pick up a Chinese

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<v Speaker 1>food order or at furniture stores, usually of beautiful views

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<v Speaker 1>of nature, animals, or cities around the world. This one

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<v Speaker 1>she picked up for two dollars on a whim and

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<v Speaker 1>placed it on the wall next to her mirror. The

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<v Speaker 1>two Dulmatians, she said, her eyes filling up with water,

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<v Speaker 1>but keeping her tone the same. It's always set to

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<v Speaker 1>the two Dulmatians in March. Are you going to ask

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<v Speaker 1>me about the dates? She said, looking right into my eyes. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>how do you know about the exact date? I followed

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<v Speaker 1>up without skipping a beat the moon. It's always at

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<v Speaker 1>the edge of the light post on the right. I've

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<v Speaker 1>searched for it. There's a day in that month when

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<v Speaker 1>it would appear right there, right around that time, and

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<v Speaker 1>appears right there from where I'm sleeping March second. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know how it worked, and frankly I didn't care.

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to get her some help, to do everything

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<v Speaker 1>I could to at least stop her from thinking about this,

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<v Speaker 1>and we did. Helena. I was super smart, and I

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<v Speaker 1>had a list of things to cross off, including researching

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<v Speaker 1>all these theories of time and why she was being

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<v Speaker 1>told where she was going to go. The next few weeks,

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<v Speaker 1>we went to get a bunch of tests done, her heart,

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<v Speaker 1>to lung's brain, everything we could think of. She would

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<v Speaker 1>tell the doctors that something didn't feel right, but stopped

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<v Speaker 1>herself at that Everything checked out just fine. She was

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<v Speaker 1>eating the same things, maybe even healthier than me. Helena.

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<v Speaker 1>I asked her on the drive back from one of

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<v Speaker 1>those appointments, Am I in the dream next to you

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<v Speaker 1>when you die? No, she said, but you're around I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not alone when I go. Still, I kept thinking that

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<v Speaker 1>maybe it was all in her mind, something about the

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<v Speaker 1>vision she kept seeing found a way to repeat itself.

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<v Speaker 1>But the thought of her leaving and our dreams shattering

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<v Speaker 1>like that made this a serious matter. How can you

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<v Speaker 1>know if these dreams are real? I asked, expecting to

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<v Speaker 1>stumper with a question. She turned to look at me again.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't think I'm crazy, I nodded. I've dreamt other

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<v Speaker 1>things too, she whispered. As the days and weeks passed,

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<v Speaker 1>I started keeping track of her dreams, multiple ones, as

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<v Speaker 1>she would have at least the notable ones with the

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<v Speaker 1>reoccurring dream of the voices and her death. She witnessed

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<v Speaker 1>a death in one of them, and it was of

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<v Speaker 1>a red car that spent past her and ran a

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<v Speaker 1>red light. She called me crying. Two days after that,

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<v Speaker 1>when it happened a mother and a daughter were crossing

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<v Speaker 1>the street and were hit, dying on the spot. The

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<v Speaker 1>wrong delivery dream where a FedEx guy comes and tries

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<v Speaker 1>to deliver a package but it's actually for the neighbor's house.

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<v Speaker 1>Nothing significant, but it did happen. About two weeks after that,

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<v Speaker 1>her sister announcing pregnancy, my friend getting fired from his job.

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<v Speaker 1>Sure those things were eerie to me, but they did

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<v Speaker 1>it didn't matter. All they seemed to be able to

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<v Speaker 1>prove was that her dream was going to come true,

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<v Speaker 1>that she would leave me and leave all of us.

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<v Speaker 1>One Saturday morning, she was in the kitchen when I

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<v Speaker 1>walked up to the counter and found her staring at

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<v Speaker 1>the unstirred coffee again. She looked at me and said,

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<v Speaker 1>at four o'clock in the morning, without her having to

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<v Speaker 1>explain anything else to me, I knew she had found

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<v Speaker 1>out the time she was leaving. And from that day

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<v Speaker 1>on things changed. Helena was calmer, smiling. Even whenever the

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<v Speaker 1>topics of her death came by, she would talk about

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<v Speaker 1>it like she had accepted it completely. I wanted her

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<v Speaker 1>to change, although of course I loved seeing her this happy,

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<v Speaker 1>but I couldn't help myself. I asked her about us

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<v Speaker 1>taking a trip, maybe going somewhere for the rest of

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<v Speaker 1>the month while we take time off work, to maybe

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<v Speaker 1>try to gain this crazy theory and move out to

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<v Speaker 1>change things, to get rid of the calendar she had

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<v Speaker 1>on the wall, Maybe talk to someone about it. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know a priest or someone who would know about

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<v Speaker 1>this stuff. I suggested sleeping pills and prayer. Things I

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<v Speaker 1>was not known for even wanting to talk about like

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<v Speaker 1>meditation or witch doctors. Someone somewhere must know about this

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<v Speaker 1>phenomenon and might even be able to help us. It

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<v Speaker 1>will readjust, she said, smiling. She must have already tried

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<v Speaker 1>this before. I noticed her moving her mirrors and adjusting

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<v Speaker 1>the blinds, switching the position of where she slept for

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<v Speaker 1>a time. Yes, I asked myself about who I thought

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<v Speaker 1>I was, thinking I could get in the way, but

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<v Speaker 1>I knew what she wanted. She didn't want anyone else

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<v Speaker 1>to know about this in fear of them getting in

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<v Speaker 1>the way or telling her that something was wrong with her.

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<v Speaker 1>It was until she accepted what was going to happen,

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<v Speaker 1>when she became calmer, that she began to sleep better

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<v Speaker 1>and would wake up in a better mood. Sometime in February,

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<v Speaker 1>around Valentine's Day, she quit her job. We started talking

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<v Speaker 1>about finances, ideas I'd never thought i'd have to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about with her, at least not this early in our lives.

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<v Speaker 1>And it was March by now when I thought of

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<v Speaker 1>everything we had gone through in those last few months,

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<v Speaker 1>Like our entire lives, played out really quickly, and soon

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<v Speaker 1>asleep now past midnight. It was March second. We talked

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<v Speaker 1>about her staying awake, hoping that somehow those dreams were

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<v Speaker 1>only nightmares and that we would wake up the next day.

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<v Speaker 1>We would laugh about it, move on. We would end

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<v Speaker 1>But sadly, it didn't turn out like that. I woke

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<v Speaker 1>up around three in the morning after twisting and turning

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<v Speaker 1>from ho the night. She was breathing normally, and I

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<v Speaker 1>movement in the corner of the room. It was quick,

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<v Speaker 1>like a tissue, and the way it disappears into a

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<v Speaker 1>vacuum cleaner by accident. That's when it started. The knocking.

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<v Speaker 1>It was soft at first, with taps on the window,

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<v Speaker 1>before quickly building up to full on knocking at the

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<v Speaker 1>front door. I started shaking Elena that morning, trying desperately

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<v Speaker 1>to wake her up, but she wouldn't move. I got

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<v Speaker 1>swinging it open so violently that it slammed against the wall.

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<v Speaker 1>The knocking at the front door became louder, and the

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<v Speaker 1>shapes around the hallway were materializing into these strings of light,

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<v Speaker 1>like smoke when the candles go out. They were streaming

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<v Speaker 1>up and around the ceilings, back down, and then toward me.

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<v Speaker 1>I saw one in particular swaying toward my face and

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<v Speaker 1>neck before vanishing. Then everything went silent. As I rushed

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<v Speaker 1>back to Helena. Her body was curled on the blankets,

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<v Speaker 1>facing toward the ceiling. I turned on the lamp on

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<v Speaker 1>the nightstand next to her. Her chest and stomach were

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<v Speaker 1>not rising anymore, and from that moment on they would

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<v Speaker 1>do so no longer. The next few days were a blur.

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<v Speaker 1>I couldn't remember going to sleep or what happened after

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<v Speaker 1>I discovered Elena lying still on her side of the bed.

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<v Speaker 1>I was trying to piece everything together when my mind

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<v Speaker 1>was available. I don't remember when I requested time off

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<v Speaker 1>work or where I placed anything around the house, but

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<v Speaker 1>I did start to remember a few things, like memories

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<v Speaker 1>of Helena, almost as if they were dreams. I wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>sure who I had come into my house to get

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<v Speaker 1>rid of her things, someone who knew how devastating finding

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<v Speaker 1>something of hers could be to me, my parents, perhaps,

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<v Speaker 1>dreams of the mall walking next to Elena among the

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<v Speaker 1>crowded stores, with the echoes of strangers around us. Everything

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<v Speaker 1>was coming back when I slept, or at least when

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<v Speaker 1>I thought I did. There was something about dreams and

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<v Speaker 1>nightmares that I believed in ever since I was a kid,

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<v Speaker 1>that they would somehow become real only if I could

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<v Speaker 1>remember them when I woke up. It rarely happened, And

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<v Speaker 1>yet I doubted Elena so much when she told me

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<v Speaker 1>about hers, or did I What if I had been

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<v Speaker 1>responsible for what happened for believing in her own dreams,

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<v Speaker 1>I could have dismissed them. I could have told her

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<v Speaker 1>that I thought she was crazy, and maybe that idea

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<v Speaker 1>would have stuck with her and none of this would

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<v Speaker 1>have happened. But I couldn't. I believed in these things.

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<v Speaker 1>They were real to me once I heard them, but

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<v Speaker 1>I dreamed what happened, and I was able to make

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<v Speaker 1>the connection only when I remember them. Deep down, I

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<v Speaker 1>knew that this could become a slippery slope that I

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<v Speaker 1>would never escape. The way you can blend reality with

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<v Speaker 1>dreams is not something you play around with. I always

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<v Speaker 1>made up a scenario in my head, saying, what if

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<v Speaker 1>I could fly in my dreams? And somehow confuse that

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<v Speaker 1>in real life heading up in a crowded sidewalk surrounded

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<v Speaker 1>by strangers, dreams are not something we should talk about.

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<v Speaker 1>We shouldn't make them real. And these thoughts I knew

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<v Speaker 1>would never leave my mind. I was lying in bed

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<v Speaker 1>one night. I'm not sure if it was days or

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<v Speaker 1>hours from these previous thoughts I had when I got

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<v Speaker 1>a message from an old friend. He said that they

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<v Speaker 1>were getting together after the rush from Black Friday, and

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<v Speaker 1>to come meet them that many months had passed already.

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<v Speaker 1>A question out loud, without thinking much about it, I agreed,

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<v Speaker 1>assuming that maybe this would be good for me. After

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<v Speaker 1>I sent the message, I went back to my home

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<v Speaker 1>screen on the phone and looked at the date, and

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<v Speaker 1>I was losing it. December again. I turned off the

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<v Speaker 1>screen and looked at the reflection of my eyes against it.

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<v Speaker 1>I was losing my mind. I woke up with the

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<v Speaker 1>worst headache I've had in years months. Maybe I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I scrolled her on my phone, finally opening up my

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<v Speaker 1>photos app, a thing I had been avoiding for a

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<v Speaker 1>very long time, or at least I thought so. I

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<v Speaker 1>found nothing in there but pictures I took at work,

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<v Speaker 1>my brother's birthday party, a picture of the sun set

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<v Speaker 1>from a living room window. Where was Elena? The thought

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<v Speaker 1>circled my mind a whole day as he followed me

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<v Speaker 1>to the sidewalk and the bus stop from the parking lot,

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<v Speaker 1>and to the exterior tables where my friends and I

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<v Speaker 1>would always meet. Then they arrived. Up in front of

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<v Speaker 1>me were my three friends and a fourth person, Helena,

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<v Speaker 1>standing with her guns and Roses t shirt, her white

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<v Speaker 1>shoes and blue jeans. She smiled nervously as my eyes

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<v Speaker 1>widened and I stood up from my chair. My eyes watered,

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<v Speaker 1>completely blurring my vision, though I managed to grab a

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<v Speaker 1>napkin from the holder in front of me. And these parts,

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<v Speaker 1>these I remember, the way she looked at me, and

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<v Speaker 1>the way we wanted to talk to each other, knowing

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<v Speaker 1>each other's favorite stores, a dislike for movies, her questions

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<v Speaker 1>about what high school I went to, and if we

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<v Speaker 1>had met before, the way we laughed at the man

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<v Speaker 1>with the hat, the same one who had given me

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<v Speaker 1>a strange metal mixer thing that he put on my head,

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<v Speaker 1>supposedly a head massager that ended up getting tangled up

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<v Speaker 1>on my hair. Memories of what seemed to be another life,

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<v Speaker 1>we like our time at the food court that day,

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<v Speaker 1>same spot, same coffee, The way I looked at her

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<v Speaker 1>coffee cup, the creamer slowly creeping up to the top.

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<v Speaker 1>I looked up at her, and she looked back at me.

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<v Speaker 1>I could tell that she knew me, and she knew

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<v Speaker 1>the same of me. Things went as drenthed before, with

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<v Speaker 1>our trips to the store and the calendars of puppies,

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<v Speaker 1>the Netflix nights and recommendations for podcasts. We would both

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<v Speaker 1>wake up from terrible dreams sometimes, and although I managed

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<v Speaker 1>to forget mine, I know that they linger for her,

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<v Speaker 1>and yet, from our previous lessons, they can't become real

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<v Speaker 1>if we don't talk about them. Yet I keep waking

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<v Speaker 1>up from the nightmare it is to watch her lay

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<v Speaker 1>completely still, the knocking and the voices, the streams of

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<v Speaker 1>energy looming around the hallway, saying goodbye. Let the fear

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<v Speaker 1>stay in our our minds, But they say fate only waits.

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<v Speaker 1>I think of this now as February is coming to

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<v Speaker 1>an end, hoping so desperately hoping that it becomes December again.

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<v Speaker 1>Scary Story podcast is written and produced by me Edwin

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