Book Sleep Studies
“Grandpa told me something.”
My mother was driving. Her expression immediately became serious.
“What did he say?”
I repeated Grandpa’s words.
For several seconds, Mom said absolutely nothing. Then she pulled the car over to the side of the road.
Her reaction frightened me more than Grandpa’s words had.
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“He said exactly that?”
I nodded.
“And he told you not to tell me?”
Again, I nodded. Mom closed her eyes.
“Oh my God…”
“Mom, what’s happening?”
She turned toward me.
“You are not going anywhere tonight. You stay right beside me.”
When we got home, Mom called my aunt. From the hallway, I could only hear pieces of the conversation.
“…he said it to Lily…”
Silence.
“Yes. Tonight.”
Then, in a much quieter voice, she said:
“I knew this day was coming.”
After hearing those words, I couldn’t relax for the rest of the evening. At around eleven o’clock, the doorbell rang.
