CHAPTER 5: THE FIRST NIGHTMARE..................
BAX PULLED HIMSELF OUT OF the red river of gore that inundated his nightmare and fought to open his eyes. For the briefest of moments he thought they had been glued shut with sweat and blood and tears but soon realised he was buried in absolute darkness. 3:25 AM, announced the dull screen of his cell phone.
The last few hours had been a delirious blur of sorts, random images flickering in his mind’s eye like a record set on perpetual repeat – appearing roughly in sequence – talking to Nan in the bookshop, reading that book in the bus, Rivka, Dan, looking up to admire the awesome sight of Rivka and himself f*****g their brains out, a sardonic smile and wink from a sweaty face in that same mirror that was his but wasn’t, a strange boy on his
