The Lost Mind by Christopher Pike

Author:Christopher Pike [Pike, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

I was tired of people coming to see me. Of my

sitting around not knowing what was happening.

I was going on the offensive.

Yet I had picked a bad place to start. Just

walking up to the Denger residence, I could feel

the grief. It hung over the house like gas from a

swampy graveyard. When Crystal's mother answered

the door, she stared at me for several

seconds without recognition. I couldn't hold it

against her, of course, since she was a total

stranger to me. But then she nodded weakly and

reached to open the door.

"Jenny," she said. "Please come in."

The interior of the house was dark. A single

lamp in the corner of the living room was the

only illumination for both the living room and

kitchen. It was as if the Dengers' pain would

become more real if the two of them could see

each other clearly. Yet Mr. Denger was nowhere

to be seen. Then I remembered Amir's comment

about his being sedated. From the pictures on the

walls, it didn't appear as if Crystal had any

brothers or sisters. Mrs. Denger gestured for me

to take a seat. She did likewise, settling in a chair

across from me.

What do you say to a mother who has just lost

her only child? Mrs. Denger's face looked as if a

psychic weight had been dropped on it from out

of a black astral plane. Her eyes continued to

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