Dead Dreams ((Young Adult Paranormal Romance) ( Dead Dreams Trilogy)) (13 page)

“
You…
yo
u’re disappearing.
”
He stumbled
out his words.

“
No I’m not yo
u’re just too high,
come on let’s get out of here.
”

With all her
limited strength she pulled
him up and with an arm around his waist
aided
him to gingerly take one step at a time.

They
found
ano
ther shop front, thankfully
cl
osed and the small entrance
was
an ideal place to stop and rest for a wh
ile. It
was a
welc
ome retreat from the rain that had
just started falling heavily.

Summer
could see that
he
was in a bad way and was
unable to go
on.

“
We’ll stay here for a while you’ll be okay.
”
Sh
e said gently.

Adam slumped
to the ground unaware of his surroundings leaving Su
mmer in charge of their welfare.
She knew it was
a real bad nei
ghbourhood and falling asleep was
not
an option, even though they had nothing.
Muggers wouldn’t
know that and
could try to challenge them. She sat herself
upright against the door facing t
he street and pulled
Ada
m’s sleeping frame onto her lap.
Throughout the night she stroked
his hair
and
quietly sang
a song she used to like long ago, when she had a home a
nd family.

I’m not religious but if there’s a God please get us out of this mess!
She prayed
.

In the early morning
they were
a
wakened by the figure of the shop owner
with keys in
his hand ordering them to leave.
They
scrambling
up quickly and saying nothing scuttle
d
off.

“
I must have fallen asleep,
”
Summer said
,
“
I told myself not to.
”

“
It’s not your fault, I feel okay now.
”

“
Do you think we should try to find Doe’s or move on to somewhere else?
”

“Why are you
asking me I don’t know anymore?
”

Aimlessly walking unfamiliar streets they watch
ed
as the early morning shop-keepers
began to open their shutters and ply
their wares. Loud music blared
from the occasional car driving past and the
smell
of fresh bread coming from
just opened bakeries was making them hungry
.

“
Do you s
till want to die?
”
Summer asked

“
W
hat’s the point in carry
ing on? I’ve nothing to live for,
life sucks, it always did.
”

“
I don’t know. I wanna
change my life make it better,
but I don’t know how to go about it
.
”

“
Good luck with that, I’m sure you’ll find what you’re looking for.
”
He replied not caring what she wanted.

“
I thought I was the sarcastic one.
”
She snapped back.

Adam was never one for snide sarcastic comments
. H
e preferred to be blunt and to the point
;
no
t
caring if his remarks hurt
anyone
and
unconcerned
with
their
reaction
s
either.

Summer wanted
to know more in spite of their differences
and
the
endless digs at each other she couldn’t
help but like him,

“
What happened to your dad?
”
She asked.

“
He died on 9/11.
”

“
What’s 9/11?
”

“
Are you seriously telling me you don’t know?
”
He replied wondering what cloud she’d been living on.

“
It was a terrorist attack, a big one in
New York
.
”

“
Guess I was too young to know and too young to remember. Did he die there?
”

“
He wasn’t there. H
e just happened to pick that day to die someplace else.
”

“
Oh, that’s shit,

“
I can’t forget it…
my life was never the same and when my mom married
that
waster Roy it a
ll went to hell.
”

Adam was sure there would
be no
reconciliation, no happy
reunion
with worried parents
standing at the door
arms open
to welcome back the prodigal son. He
was sure
that
Roy
was
deliriously happy
now
he’d
gone
finally
so he could have
Judy all to himself.
There was
still
a part of
him
that missed
his mom and w
ished
it could
all
be okay
.
But the last few days had
shown hi
m t
he reality
,
that he had to leave and
there was
no turning back
.
His p
ride was
stronger than
his
family ties
and every time he thought of
Roy
he wanted to kill him.

R
e
-
occurring thoughts of
suicide still hu
ng in his conscious
ness
as each moment stranded in a threate
ning no-hope environment created
more and more feelings of despair.

“
Where to now?
”
He asked.

“
I don’t know you decide.
”

They discu
ss
ed
going back to Rone.
Summer was sure she kne
w
the way but Adam was
reluctant to go
there claiming that Nick was
a crazy psycho and he
would rather keep his distance. T
he debate d
idn’t last very long
when he quickly
put his foot down-
the answer was no.

“
I’ll
get us some breakfast.
”
He said
with confidence.

The
sight of a large
bakery
packed
fu
ll of early morning people drew them straight to it.
It had a typical Italian atmosphere
from the people
working there to the customers and l
oud comments
coupled with
orders
barked in Italian could
be heard
way out
in the street.
Adam and Summer peered
through the window like two puppy dogs begging for a treat and
saw
that the counters weren’t
glassed over. They
were easy to reach
which meant that if they
got
in amongst the throng
they could
take what they wanted
without being seen
.
The
chaos inside
was
the perfect
smokescreen.

“
Stay here.
”
Adam
said.

Trying to behave as a customer
he
slip
ped
quietly in amongst the
throng. S
ome
customers
were
edgy, time constraints mean
t
they need
ed their coffee and donut in a hurry
or risk
ed being late for work, Others were
sleepy and
didn’t care if they had
to wait another ten minutes to be served. The delicious
smell of fresh baked bread enticed
Adam to complete his mission and get
whatever he could
.