The Dead Girls' Dance
“It’s a bad dream, just another bad dream. You’ll wake up and it’ll be gone like fog….
She had her eyes squeezed tight shut. Her mouth felt dry, shriveled-up, and she was pressed against Shane’s hot, solid side, curled up on the couch in the Glass House.
Terrified.
It’s just a bad dream.
But when she opened her eyes, her friend Michael was still dead on the floor in front of her.
“Shut those girls up, Shane, or I will,’” Shane’s father snapped. He was pacing the wooden floor, back and forth, han...ds clasped behind him. He wasn’t looking at Michael’s body, shrouded under a thick, dusty velvet curtain, but it was all Claire could see, now that she’d opened her eyes again. It was as big as the world, and it wasn’t a dream, and it wasn’t going away. Shane’s dad was here, and he was terrifying, and Michael— Michael was dead. Only Michael had already been dead, hadn’t he? Ghostly. Dead during the day…alive at night… Claire realized she was crying only when Shane’s dad turned on her, staring with red-rimmed eyes.MoreLess
She had her eyes squeezed tight shut. Her mouth felt dry, shriveled-up, and she was pressed against Shane’s hot, solid side, curled up on the couch in the Glass House.
Terrified.
It’s just a bad dream.
But when she opened her eyes, her friend Michael was still dead on the floor in front of her.
“Shut those girls up, Shane, or I will,’” Shane’s father snapped. He was pacing the wooden floor, back and forth, han...ds clasped behind him. He wasn’t looking at Michael’s body, shrouded under a thick, dusty velvet curtain, but it was all Claire could see, now that she’d opened her eyes again. It was as big as the world, and it wasn’t a dream, and it wasn’t going away. Shane’s dad was here, and he was terrifying, and Michael— Michael was dead. Only Michael had already been dead, hadn’t he? Ghostly. Dead during the day…alive at night… Claire realized she was crying only when Shane’s dad turned on her, staring with red-rimmed eyes.MoreLess
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