Stranger Things: Suspicious Minds by Bond Gwenda

Author:Bond, Gwenda [Bond, Gwenda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Thrillers, Supernatural, Science Fiction, Action & Adventure, Horror
ISBN: 1984817434
Google: TVVeDwAAQBAJ
Amazon: B07DBQR8T1
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: 2019-02-05T07:00:00+00:00

2.

Terry sat in a chair in a room at the lab with her eyes closed. Brenner had led her through a long series of visualization exercises—mostly picturing the various parts of her body and envisioning them healthy and strong. What purpose it had, she couldn’t say, but it had been easy.

He’d eventually quieted and left her to go deeper.

She found herself back in that nowhere-everywhere place. The void. Alone.

She’d been experimenting with trying to find someone, the way she’d seen Gloria. But there was nothing. No light of any kind.

Anyway, even though Alice’s logic that it was her choice was sound, Terry hated the idea of shocking her. She had tried to come up with a plan that meant they didn’t have to. She’d come up empty.

When Kali appeared in front of her, approaching in the black, Terry blinked. She was sure she’d hallucinated it.

But the girl remained, darkness around them.

“Kali?” Terry asked in her mind, holding out her hand.

“I’m here,” the girl said. “Am I dreaming?”

“Maybe?” Terry offered. Who knew?

Either way, talking to Kali with Brenner in the room monitoring Terry and none the wiser gave the moment a special thrill. From the outside, she just sat motionless, tripping. She felt drowsy and pleasant with her eyes closed.

Terry dropped her hand. She didn’t want to scare Kali off, so she asked something neutral. “What have you been doing today?”

Kali struck her as being in a mood. Not a good one.

“Making pictures for Papa.”

“Like you made for me of the sunflowers?” Terry asked.

Kali scowled. “No.” She held up her hand, holding a crayon. Terry squinted at her forearm and saw the small tattoo there: 008. “Pictures. Those are ’lusions.”

She tried not to react with the horror she felt at the number, for Kali’s sake. “ ’Lusions…?” she asked. “Oh, illusions.”

“That’s what I said.”

Terry might not have been around many kids, but she knew better than to argue with that tone of voice. She would tread lightly.

“Does Papa know we’ve talked? Is it still our secret?”

“I told you. Papa knows everything. There’re no secrets from Papa.”

A circle of fear bloomed inside Terry. She tried not to let the girl see. Had she told him about sneaking out to find Terry before? Or, worse, had he encouraged it?

Kali watched her with the attention only a child waiting for you to give something essential away could. If she asked outright again, Kali would never trust her. And now Kali didn’t need to sneak out for Terry to see her.

“I know that seems true, but it isn’t,” Terry said, gazing straight into Kali’s eyes so she could see her honesty. “He doesn’t know we’re talking here. This is between us. The only way he’d know is if you told him.”

The girl was quiet for a long moment. Then, “I’ll do my best.” She peered at Terry with renewed interest. “Do you have friends?”

“We’re friends, aren’t we?” Terry asked.

Kali smiled, clearly pleased. “I want friends more than anything. Do you have other friends?”

“Oh yes,” Terry said.

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