Chapter 6
It was then I saw the meadow, the rainbow, the animals, and my Patrick.
“The choice to stay or go back is yours right now, Goose.”
“There’s a limited time to decide, however.” Calvin offered his hand. “The tick of a clock is different here, but back where you came from, recovery is not assured after a finite number of minutes,” he warned.
“I see. How far into that countdown are we?” I asked.
“Further than you would want,” Jefferson said.
“And when that time is up, I’ll be dead-dead forever?”
“We’re at that crossroad.” Jefferson took my other hand. “Do we stay here, or do we go back where Shelby, Rip, Carrie, and Wilbur are?”
“What about Patrick?”
“We need an answer, Goose,” Jefferson said. “We need it now.”
I awoke with a gasp and a gurgle back out on the street. There
