CHAPTER 26EVIE
Ryan quickly excommunicated all paranormal references from his thoughts. One last brain hiccup was all it was. It had nothing to do with the “spirit world.” It was all about sleep deprivation. Nothing more. He had only been getting decent sleep for a few weeks. It might take months for his brain to fully chill out, to fully reconfigure. Maybe more. Ariana was a kind and lovely person, but she was obviously a little on the looney side. Looney, yes, but the placebo effect of the dream catcher was still holding and that’s all that mattered. Everyone was sleeping. Everyone was happier. The family was healing.
To convince himself of his return to normalcy, Ryan headed out to the Sunday afternoon pickup game of soccer at Nelson Park. The site was a couple of miles north of New B
