Chapter 0820

“Monday?”

“No, I mean… what’s the date?”

“August 15th.”

“What year?”

She laughed softly, as if I were playing some kind of joke on her.

“2003… Peter, what kind of prank are you trying to pull? Come on, get out of the bathroom. I need to pee, and you’re taking forever. And don’t forget–we have the appointment at 9:00 a.m. You said that would give you enough time to make it to your family’s monthly meeting!

My whole body went numb.

August 15, 2003.

This was the day I was supposed to die.

I barely registered what I was doing as 1 threw open the bathroom door. Mary stared at me, wide–eyed, clearly shocked. But I barely noticed.

Because I was more shocked than she was.

“Are you okay?” she asked, reaching out to touch my forehead.

“Yeah! I just woke up a little disoriented…” I lied, trying to keep my voice steady.

“Okay, well, hurry up and get dressed. We have to leave in a couple of hours. And don’t even think about walking around like that I don’t want you stirring up any of the girls. Remember, Aurora and a few of her friends stayed over last night.”

“Who?”

“Aurora and three other girls,” she says, looking at me strangely.

the forehead. She leaned in, expecting me to

phone and checked

August 15, 2003

this day, and as far as I could recall, that crazy woman Aurora had never stayed over. She and I could barely stand being in the

I threw on my pajamas and stepped out of the bedroom. The house felt strangely warm, filled with the familiar scent of coffee–the

“Good morning, sir!”

a familiar voice behind me.

around and saw Agnes, the old housekeeper. She was holding a watering can–she must have just finished

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Chapter 0870

was about to make breakfast, but one of the young ladies who stayed over beat me to it. She helped clean up the kitchen and started breakfast. The other girls are outside

“…Who?”

night, and you told them they could stay over so they wouldn’t have to drive at night. You know how much

in the kitchen right

girls. She’s quite handy–cooks like

coffee… I’ll go grab some in

you. Shall I take it to your

still

different from what I remembered Something felt off. I didn’t know what was happening, but something inside me told

toward the kitchen,

this

“Peter…”

“Yeah?”

Group’s monthly meeting. Can you review everything

“Yeah…”

“You okay?”

just

“What?”

you know everything

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