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slowly. “Okay. Well I’ve been having them for the last two weeks.”
    Me too , I think.
    “It’s pretty much all the same. We’re in the Thin Veil. Remember when we there in New York?”
    “You mean remember when I went to another dimension in the middle of Bryant Park to rescue you?” I repeat dryly. “Yeah. I remember, Perry.”
    “Right. Well it’s like that, except it’s on an island. It kind of reminds me of this island I was on once with Dex, you know where the lepers were.”
    “All your episodes kind of blur together,” I tell her, motioning with my hand for her to speed it up.
    “Anyway, you’re standing on a cliff at the edge of the ocean. I’m down in a boat and I’m yelling up at you not to jump.”
    A shiver rocks through me.
    She goes on. “And you stop just before you’re about to go over. You listen to me. Then someone appears behind you. A shadow, a hand. And they push you.”
    “Great.”
    “You fall straight into the ocean and sink and I jump off the boat and swim for you.” She pauses, biting her lip for a moment.
    “And?” I coax her, knowing this ain’t going to be good.
    “You drown. No matter what, I can’t get below the water to get you. I see you sink. And . . . well, you’re not alone.” My heart stills. “Mom is with you too.”
    I whistle slowly, breathing out. “Wow. I’m not sure what that means.”
    “Neither.”
    “Now I’m scared shitless.”
    “It’s just a dream Ada, it doesn’t have to mean anything. It’s something my psyche is trying to work out.”
    I give her a levelling look. “We both know your psyche isn’t normal. Especially if I’m having dreams too. Which, by the way, are nothing like yours. I just . . . well you know my exploding head syndrome?” She nods gravely and to her credit doesn’t laugh at the name this time. “It’s like that. I’m dreaming something is in my closet, then I hear the knocks and wake up. Or I’m with a guy but . . .”
    “What guy?”
    I shake my head. “I’m not really sure. Like, I have a feeling I know who he is but I don’t really get a good look at him. It’s almost like . . . Do you remember a guy at the wedding named Jay?”
    I don’t bother telling her that I thought I saw him today. One crazy thing at a time.
    Her groomed brows pull together. “I remember you were drunk and walking around barefoot holding your heels in your hand and looking for a guy called Jay but that’s it.”
    “So you don’t remember inviting someone there by that name?”
    She gives me a wry look. “Ada, I don’t know who half the people there were. Ask dad, he’s the one who went nuts with the guest list. Or Dex. A lot of people from his old work were invited. That whole day was such a blur.”
    “Ask me what?” Dex asks as he enters the room. He stops in front of us, folding his arms across his chest. “Am I interrupting girl time?”
    “It’s fine,” Perry says. “Ada’s been having strange dreams too.”
    Dex nods, sliding his fingers across the stubble on his jaw. “Well, I wouldn’t worry about it. Ada is going off to school and our second wedding anniversary is coming up in October, which is enough to make any woman lose their shit. Two years as Mrs. Foray, it’s a lot to handle.”
    “Tell me about it,” Perry says under her breath, though there’s a hint of a smile on her lips as she stares up at him. Lord, the two of them make me so sick sometimes with their love for each other. Sick and, I must admit, jealous.
    Perry continues, “Did you know a guy at our wedding called Jay?”
    Dex shakes his head, giving her a lopsided grin. “The only thing I knew that day was you, kiddo.”
    “Oh, barf,” I say, sinking back into the couch.
    He flashes his smile to me as he sits on the edge of the coffee table. “Sorry I’m not of any help. I guess we could go through the wedding photos. What’s this all about? You hook up with him?”
    “No,” I say quickly, glaring at him. I don’t think