35 Chapter 35

"CASSIDY FINDLEY! DO NOT LET HIM CONVINCE YOU EVERYTHING IS FINE! IT IS NOT!!!"

Lucy's words brought the wall I'd built around my mind crashing down. How had I just sat there and let Dr. Elliott Sanderson convince me that everything was just hunky dory when Drew was dead, Cadence was weird, creatures were crawling in and out of her window, leaping form the second story at all times of night, and something was up with Jack? I slipped my phone into my pocket and shook my head violently to clear it. "NO!" I shouted.

Dr. Sanderson was standing next to the coffee table. He turned and looked at me as if I was the one who had suddenly turned into a monster. "Beg your pardon?" he asked, his eyes wide.

I grabbed my head between my hands. Before I could say anything else, my mom came rushing in from the kitchen. "Cassidy, are you all right?"

"She's fine," Elliott assured her. "I think she just got a text message about something at school that upset her."