The room felt like it was closing in on me. Snippets of the dream came back to me. The blood over my hands, the taste of it in my mouth, I couldn’t get the memories out of my head. Jacob’s face was the most haunting. I wanted to see him, but not like that. He’d seemed so angry at me. I didn’t want it to be true.
Dave gently pushed Tabby away. His hands lingered on her arms for far longer than needed. Something twisted in my chest and in my gut. I didn’t want to put a name to it. That would make it real.
He walked toward me. Joey’s arms were still tight around my arms and chest, holding me in place. He was holding me so tight that it was starting to become hard to breathe.
He loosened his grip some as Dave stood in front of me. There were still some flashes of blue in his eyes. They wer
