Early// chapter 33

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Friday
I wake up at 2:00. I didn't have a nightmare or anything. I knew I wouldn't be able to fall back asleep so I got up to get ready for the day.
Larry is of course, still asleep. I dress myself in the dark so I wouldn't wake him.  I make myself cereal, pack my backpack, and go watch cop shows with gizmo.
It's about 4:00 when I get a call from Ashley.
"Hi ashl-"
"Hey, something is terribly wrong. I can't talk about it over the phone."
She hangs up without any explanation.
I left a note for larry and took off to Ashley's.
I get to her house and to her room.
She's curled in a ball sitting against her headboard.
"Ashley, what's wrong."
"I... I had a dream.. and when I woke up there was this...like... a black figure in the corner. He was getting closer every time I tried to close my eyes"
"Oh... it sounds like sleep paralysis"
"But it wasn't. I was able to move. And, and when I woke up there was this note on my desk... here"
She hands me a piece of paper that reads:
'Ashley Campbell,
Join us.
There's no point of running.
There's no point of trying to escape.'

"Holy shit" I said under my breath.

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