Kendrick suddenly remembered something. On his way through the city, he'd passed a candy store. Thinking of the "little one" at home, he bought a lollipop and tucked it into his pocket.
Now, to distract Anna, he took out the lollipop.
The moment Annabelle saw it, her face paled.
It was exactly like her dream!
In that unsettling dream from the morning, Kendrick had also brought back a lollipop. But it had fallen to the ground, turning into a pool of blood. She had woken up in terror.
Could she still be dreaming? Was Kendrick not actually back yet?
"This isn’t real. I don't want it!"
Kendrick, his thoughts wandering in a more playful direction, was a little caught off guard by her reaction. When Anna demanded a real lollipop earlier, his heart had already started racing.
He set the g
