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meet the mid-afternoon sky and Mom shaking me frenziedly in the backseat, one mo

y ears, I turned around to find her without any long fi

he probed

et out a soft giggle when I noticed Mom and Jessie moving frantically in their atte

ht that we all had to pull over just because I screamed from a bad dream—or at least now I knew it was

, at least I was breathing normally now and my heartbeat was reg

ed, getting into the other front seat, every

two to five months?" Jessie asked—or rather just reminded everyone that she was the nerd t

m said, clearly interested. Okay

merican tribes hated the white men from Britain, they had taken over their land at

ck the travelers while they were on the

ncestors, the first owners of the land also rose from their graves to avenge their land." She

om said in a fake

heir various promised lands. They caused storms, upset

the

my throat to interrupt her. “I'm p

“The Red Indian ancestors dug their fingernai

elves into my chest and then right at my eyes. I blinked and stared at the real Jessie as she kept on talking about how the pioneers were unjus

grabbing my head and forcing myself to believe Jessie h

l use no such tone on your sister

cheerful. Mom took a second to remind to focus on

logise or do we h

y Mom,” I

Jessie." She said, mo

n though Jessie probably didn’t believe me an

nd us, she just nodded and turned, leaving me to wonder if that was a good or bad thing. I was

as I sank back into my chair. She

ortable silence. I’d grabbed my phone and earplugs to listen to a bit of music be

ve passed through this route?” I pointed at

ke this. I didn’t mean literal trains; they were ju

I smiled, a little bi

e!" She turned to me w

d?” Mom asked. “I thought the

for anyone to pro

arguing with those two women, especially not on a car ride, Dad had discovered the secret years ag

top for the night shall we?” He sa

your silence on the

m pulling up on a driveway where there are less than thre

nder, seems I was the only one who wasn’t good at avo

dged my arm as we filed out of the car with

about it.

S. The sign at the ent

xclaimed and threw his arms up the way he did when he mana

darling!" Mom rema

as much as you can because we own the place! And if any

wn and letting us get ahead of her, when I pa

lled. “Why

“Whatever did you have to

back inside when we w

e car and the agents l

mind.” I

my question yet?” She

qui

hen ans

o hanging back there

etic effort to drag me inside along with her. Dad

he keys to Dad, she didn’t seem like the person anyone would use as a first impress

t the scene in the car or really turn into one of those Red Indian things. Either way, there was no gett

his room is!” Jessie exclai

did. I was more concerned with staying away from her for

tinued, touching everything from the b

m.” I dumped my bag on one of the

pitch blackness, I groped around my pockets for my phone, exasperated to find o

began to imagine Jessie coming out of the shower with blood on her face and her nails stretching towards my eyes. I bit my lip

I heard a hiss. Luckily I’d found the light switch, I slam

heard Jessie ban

here!” I yelled hysterically a

Mom behind him, he brushed me aside after I pointed to

oning for us all to leave the room, we almost colli

atter?" One o

the men exchanged glances, then moved past us and towards th

ve a look.” One of the men exclaimed as he

various doors now; we had probably ruined sleep for a lot of people. I turned back to

his and Mom’s bags and we filed out to the ground floor leaving the security men be

the rush?" She asked i

ground for snakes and my family i

.” All heads turned to see a woman dr