Ian didn't let me out of the house for a couple days. Then kept a close eye on me for the next couple weeks. Tomorrow is Halloween and he plans on staying with me every second of the day. No matter what.
Gene hadn't talked to anyone about what happened, she holes up in her room, goes to school, stays quiet at dinner, and ignores me and Twyla when we just want to get her mind off of what happened, to get her to be like her old self.
Jack has tried to talk to her, to talk about what is about to happen, that he will be leaving to search for the 9 that got away. But she always walked away, pushed him back, or put in head phones and turned her music way up so she wasn't listening at all.
Rebecca had made progress with her, she told me that she finally got Gene to open her door last night and
