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turned around and saw Ada standing there in
her grey denim leggings and studded moccasins, holding
several fashion magazines in her arms. She wasn’t alone.
The hal was suddenly fil ed with people, as if the hospital
came to life when my back was turned. Voices, beeps,
closing doors, cries and wheeling gurneys fil ed my
eardrums. It was like a veil had been lifted from my eyes
and cotton bal s were plucked out of my ears.
I quickly looked back at where Creepy Clown Lady had
disappeared. Not surprisingly, she was stil gone but the
rest of the hal was occupied by nurses and patients going
to and fro.
“You shouldn’t be out of bed,” Ada said, coming closer.
She took note of my worried face and waved the
magazines at me. “I went to get some mags to keep me
occupied. Mom said I don’t have to go to school tomorrow,
that I could stay overnight with you. I’m not sure if the docs
wil al ow it, but I’m going to try. This is way better than
algebra.”
As she talked excitedly about what she’d be missing on
her Monday, my thoughts automatical y went back to
Creepy Clown Lady. Where was I now? Back in the
hospital or somewhere else? And where was somewhere
else? Where she came from? Where was that ?
“Come on weirdo, let’s get you back to bed before the
doctor catches us,” she said, placing her hand on my arm,
turning me back to my room. “I think anyone with the name
Dr. Cain is just waiting to inflict some serious punishment
on people. Thank God he’s not a dentist, right?”
I sucked on my lip, debating whether to tel her about
where I saw the doctor earlier. Ada had always believed
me when I talked about the ghosts I saw – she was one of
the few people who did.
I settled back into the uncomfortable hospital bed and
watched as Ada got out one of her magazines and began
flipping idly through it.
“I had something just happen to me,” I said quietly.
Ada paused and lowered the magazine to her lap and
brought her eyes to mine. I had her ful attention.
I quickly explained seeing Creepy Clown Lady in the
hal way, then what happened before I woke up in the
hospital, the demon baby, Dex and Dr. Cain.
“What do you think?” I asked her when I was done.
She shivered and brought her wide cardigan closer
around her skinny frame. “I think there’s no way I’m sleeping
tonight.”
“But what do you think it means?”
She pondered that for a moment, her blue eyes
swimming from the faint glow of the closest light. “I don’t
know. I think what you saw earlier, with Doctor Cain, was a
dream brought on by the drugs, or the shock of what
happened.”
“And Creepy Clown Lady?”
“I guess it could be too. Do you feel any different now
with me then you did five minutes ago?”
I thought it over. “A bit. I feel more awake now. I couldn’t
real y think straight before, everything felt so…muddled. But
I stil think I saw her.”
“Mayhaps. It might have just been in your dreams
though. Maybe you were sleepwalking. It doesn’t mean she
wasn’t trying to reach you. But I doubt you just strol ed onto,
like, another dimension or something.”
We both laughed at the last part but it sounded forced. I
think we both knew, as farfetched as the other dimension
situation was, anything was possible.
Chapter Five
The next three days off of work were like a mini-vacation,
only I was unable enjoy it like a normal person would. My
body was sore and fragile most of the time, which resulted
in a lot of bed rest, which eventual y turned into couch rest.
When I wasn’t sleeping or reading, I was occupying the
couch in the living room like a permanent fixture, present for
whatever my sister, mom or dad wanted to watch. I wasn’t
even that big of a TV person; I just wanted to be around
people, even those who annoyed me, even when my mom
forced me to watch The Bachelor .
I started to hate being in my bedroom. I felt strangely
alone and afraid. Each night I
her grey denim leggings and studded moccasins, holding
several fashion magazines in her arms. She wasn’t alone.
The hal was suddenly fil ed with people, as if the hospital
came to life when my back was turned. Voices, beeps,
closing doors, cries and wheeling gurneys fil ed my
eardrums. It was like a veil had been lifted from my eyes
and cotton bal s were plucked out of my ears.
I quickly looked back at where Creepy Clown Lady had
disappeared. Not surprisingly, she was stil gone but the
rest of the hal was occupied by nurses and patients going
to and fro.
“You shouldn’t be out of bed,” Ada said, coming closer.
She took note of my worried face and waved the
magazines at me. “I went to get some mags to keep me
occupied. Mom said I don’t have to go to school tomorrow,
that I could stay overnight with you. I’m not sure if the docs
wil al ow it, but I’m going to try. This is way better than
algebra.”
As she talked excitedly about what she’d be missing on
her Monday, my thoughts automatical y went back to
Creepy Clown Lady. Where was I now? Back in the
hospital or somewhere else? And where was somewhere
else? Where she came from? Where was that ?
“Come on weirdo, let’s get you back to bed before the
doctor catches us,” she said, placing her hand on my arm,
turning me back to my room. “I think anyone with the name
Dr. Cain is just waiting to inflict some serious punishment
on people. Thank God he’s not a dentist, right?”
I sucked on my lip, debating whether to tel her about
where I saw the doctor earlier. Ada had always believed
me when I talked about the ghosts I saw – she was one of
the few people who did.
I settled back into the uncomfortable hospital bed and
watched as Ada got out one of her magazines and began
flipping idly through it.
“I had something just happen to me,” I said quietly.
Ada paused and lowered the magazine to her lap and
brought her eyes to mine. I had her ful attention.
I quickly explained seeing Creepy Clown Lady in the
hal way, then what happened before I woke up in the
hospital, the demon baby, Dex and Dr. Cain.
“What do you think?” I asked her when I was done.
She shivered and brought her wide cardigan closer
around her skinny frame. “I think there’s no way I’m sleeping
tonight.”
“But what do you think it means?”
She pondered that for a moment, her blue eyes
swimming from the faint glow of the closest light. “I don’t
know. I think what you saw earlier, with Doctor Cain, was a
dream brought on by the drugs, or the shock of what
happened.”
“And Creepy Clown Lady?”
“I guess it could be too. Do you feel any different now
with me then you did five minutes ago?”
I thought it over. “A bit. I feel more awake now. I couldn’t
real y think straight before, everything felt so…muddled. But
I stil think I saw her.”
“Mayhaps. It might have just been in your dreams
though. Maybe you were sleepwalking. It doesn’t mean she
wasn’t trying to reach you. But I doubt you just strol ed onto,
like, another dimension or something.”
We both laughed at the last part but it sounded forced. I
think we both knew, as farfetched as the other dimension
situation was, anything was possible.
Chapter Five
The next three days off of work were like a mini-vacation,
only I was unable enjoy it like a normal person would. My
body was sore and fragile most of the time, which resulted
in a lot of bed rest, which eventual y turned into couch rest.
When I wasn’t sleeping or reading, I was occupying the
couch in the living room like a permanent fixture, present for
whatever my sister, mom or dad wanted to watch. I wasn’t
even that big of a TV person; I just wanted to be around
people, even those who annoyed me, even when my mom
forced me to watch The Bachelor .
I started to hate being in my bedroom. I felt strangely
alone and afraid. Each night I
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