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someone was driving, a girl with brown
hair. My stomach was bleeding horribly, all over my hands. I think
I remember something smelling like cinnamon. She stopped the car,
opened the door, and pulled me out. I hit my head on something, and
that’s when I woke up. ”
    “ I remember you telling me when you
had that one.”
    “ It’s so odd, though. Do you
remember seeing a car?”
    Hannah paused. “No… I was in my mom and dad’s
yacht, I just heard screaming.”
    “ I was screaming?”
    “ Not when I got there, but you
could have been screaming. I don’t know, you were pretty
weak.”
    Fiona glanced out the window. They were
driving on a bridge that went over a reservoir. Red and orange
trees surrounded them, leaves falling lazily to the ground. The sky
was cloudless, a brilliant blue.
    “ We’re not too far from Mystic,”
Hannah told her. “Do you want to stop there?”
    “ Not really, but I need to
pee.”
    After calling James, they met him in the
parking lot of a hotel off the highway. He stood by his car, his
arms crossed. Hannah pulled the Land Rover up beside him. “Get in,
I’ll show you where I found Fiona.”
    James got in the back seat, and they began the
familiar drive. Fiona couldn’t believe they’d been here just a few
days ago. So much had happened. She knew so much more now. Some of
it was good, some bad, but at least it was knowledge compared with
the fuzziness that had filled her mind before.
    “ James, listen to this,” she said,
taking out her dream journal again. She read him the entry about
trying to strangle the driver. “Didn’t Daniel Alaria wreck near
here?”
    “ Oh, my god,” James breathed. “Yes,
he did. I can’t believe it. So, they kidnapped you… you caused the
wreck while trying to escape… then what?”
    Fiona shrugged. Of course she didn’t know, why
was he asking? “All I remember after that is being in the car with
that girl, then I woke up here.”
    “ You should have told me earlier,”
James said.
    “ I only just remembered as I was
reading this.” She held up the dream journal.
    Hannah pulled into a parking spot at the
harbor, and the three of them stepped out of the car. The harbor
lay before them, the open sea to their right, boats lined up next
to extended roads. Fiona could see boats moving in and out as their
owners enjoyed the sunny weather. Between them and the harbor lay
some rocks in shallow waters.
    “ This is where you were?” James
asked.
    “ Yeah, right on these rocks,”
Hannah said.
    “ I just don’t get it,” Fiona said,
kicking at a rock. “How did I get here?”
    “ You said you remembered something
about being in a car with a girl?” James asked.
    Fiona read him the journal entry, though she
could see the memory clearly in her head. She wished she could go
back further in her memory, just a few minutes. How did she end up
in the car? Who was the girl?
    “ She left you here…” James trailed
off. “But the Alarias wouldn’t have wanted that. They wanted
you.”
    There was a moment of silence as Fiona stared
at the rocks. “Where were they taking me?” she asked.
    James gazed out at the harbor, biting his lip.
“I don’t know.” He sighed. After a moment, he gave Fiona a
reassuring look. “Don’t worry, we’ll figure it all out.”
     
    * * *
     
    In a few hours, they were in New York City.
They wound through the busy streets to Elmscott Avenue. Hannah
followed James into a parking area next to 2673, and they found
spots not far from each other. James jogged to their car before
they could get out. “Wait, I need to go in first,” James said. “Our
friend Keith is here, and I need to talk to him.”
    “ Why?” Hannah asked.
    “ It’ll be a huge shock, I don’t
want to surprise him like that. Just hang out here for a bit. Stay
in the car until I get back.”
    He jogged away. Fiona watched him approach the
backdoor.
    “ I don’t like this,” Hannah
said.
    “ Yeah, I know,” Fiona said. “But I
think