Dead Dreams ((Young Adult Paranormal Romance) ( Dead Dreams Trilogy)) (24 page)

“
Okay guys….if I’m
really dead
then
how come I don’t see my
dad?
”
Adam asked.

“
He can’t see you.
”
Summer remarked, sure of her opinion.

“
That’s makes so much sense, I’m dead but I can’t see
anyone else who’s dead so
how’d you work that out?
”

“
Cause he
’s in the light and you’re not.
”

“
Hey Elaine,
”
Adam yelled,
“
S
he’s become an afterlife expert now!
”

“
She’s telling the truth Adam, you’re dead, we all are.
”

Do they think I’m stupid…knowing that I’m a schizophrenic means that everything they’re saying to me isn’t real, they’re not real this place isn’t real
,
it’s all in my sick imagined mind!

“
I know that the two of you are only voices in my head you don’t exist, you never did.
I’m only dreaming.
”
He
replied.

“
Think Adam the bridge,
remember the bridge
,
you said you di
dn’t jump from.
M
aybe you did
,
I wasn’t there so I’m not sure
. W
hat if you
did
jump and don’t remember, then you’d think yo
ur still alive.
”
Summer pleaded.

“
So I jumped off the
god damn
bridge,
how’d you die then?
”

“
I can’t remember, it’s only recently that I start
ed to figure out something wasn’t right. T
hrowing up after food didn’t feel the same anymore, everything went weird.
”

Maybe just maybe Summer was
right.
He tried to put
the pieces o
f the puzzle together, but thinking
back was so
sketchy. T
he sudden loss of his money and phone, the bridge, Rone appearing from nowher
e and Reggie with his half way house.

“
The
hippy woman
who
told us to move on I think she was some kind of psychic, she could see us and she was alive.
”
Summer
remarked.

“
Elaine why so quiet, nothing to say?
”
Adam
commented
sarcastically
.

“
I don’t want to talk about this, you see
I’m happy here I don’t want it spoiled.
”

“
Don’t you mean stuck?
”
Summer replied.

“
Don’t be so ridiculous of course I’m not stuck.
”

“
Dead or alive Elaine what are you?
”
Adam was pleading for an explanation.

“
I think I’m dead.
I must be
I remember
I took my own life.
”

“
And
Gary
?
”

“
The same, I think,
we never talk about it, you know we put it in the past
,
best way really.
”

There was no way Adam could shut out the questions in his mind,
What if
I’m
dead, really dead and
there were no
voices in
my
troubled mind
telling
me
things that aren’t
true
?
Why am I in a luxury
apartment in a real city with thousands of people just outside the door acting
no
rmally
,
except they don’t see me?
He
refused to accept that
everything up to this point
wasn’t real. That would mean all the conversations with his father weren’t real either.

“
The best thing I can do is go home,
and then
I’ll know if I’m alive or dead when I’m faced with
Roy
.
”
Adam said.

“
T
hat’s the worse thing you can do.
”
Summer
replied, worried that he was serious

“
It can’t be any worse than thinking I’m either dead or crazy.
”

Something told her it was
futile to try to c
onvince him to stay
.
H
is mind was
fuelled with thoughts that
made no
sense
at all and he was desperate for answers.

“
I’ll hang with you if
that’s okay?
”
She suggested hoping he’d say yes.

“
Do what you want, stay or
come,
I don’t care anymore.
”

“
I’ll follow you anywhere, I’m not staying here alone.
”

Leaving Elaine
without even a goodbye Summer was far from happy but
Adam
was
past caring what she
thought
;
he was on
a mission to
search for the truth
. A
long way from home with no means of transport and no idea of how to
get back
resilience kicked
in as he
told
himself
to ‘keep walking’ until he found
the
way
.
Being uptown meant he was a long way off and needed to head downtown and trace his steps from there.

Summer
made
light conversation hoping
to break the icy atmosphere,

“
Where exactly in the suburbs are we going?
”
She asked.

“
Fairview
falls…crescent drive, I remember, I think
?
”

“
If you need any help just ask.
”
She replied trying to please.

She was w
orried that he didn’t
seem
so
sure of the area or the street where he lived
so she figured that it would
help
by retracing their steps back to Rone’s
.
M
aybe then he
would remember
where he was before
that
.
T
h
is involved
a lot of walking most of it unreliable as
they drifted
further and further uptown.

“
We’re going the wrong way,
”
Summer said
.
“
We need to turn back and go right at the street I
said instead of going straight. W
e’re miles away from
Rone’s.
”

“
Are you sure, I don’t re
member turning right back there?
”

“
I’m
not
sure but if we keep walking this way we’ll be even more lost.
”

Tired from endlessly going round in circles
Adam was nearing the
end
of his rope. B
eing told he was a
schizophrenic
had him
fighting to keep the re
silience he so desperately needed
to carry on
-
without it he feared
he
would capitulate into insanity. Not even
her
support had any affect as he believed himself to be on the edge of madness.
In the midst of all the craziness a
woman
cradling
a small dog stopped and approached them.

“
Are you two pixies lost?
”
She asked in a sweet voice.

Pixies, who the hell does
sh
e think he is calling us that!
F
reak morons and weirdo’s everywhere!

“
We’re
trying to get downtown.
”
Summer replied.

“
You’re a long way from
there and
what about you?
”
She replied referring to Adam.
“
You look
troubled
,
what’s
the matter son?
”