Little Red Riding Hoodie: A Modern Fairy Tale by Phythyon John

Author:Phythyon, John [Phythyon, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-02-01T23:00:00+00:00

Eleven

Sally was only a little surprised to discover the next morning that Tommy had wet the bed again. Between the stress of him getting suspended, her arguing with her father, and then her seeing him devoured in her dreams last night, it just seemed logical. Somehow, this was all connected.

“Tommy, did you have a nightmare last night,” she asked him when she got him up.

“Yes,” he said.

“Was it the same one?”

“Yes.”

“Tommy . . .” She hesitated. She wasn’t sure how much she should ask him about this, but she had to know. “Tommy, did you run to Grandma’s house in your dream?”

His eyes popped open wide at the suggestion. She knew his answer before he gave it.

“Yeah,” he said. “How did you know that?”

“I dreamed that too,” she said. “I dreamed you were trying to get into Grandma’s house and you couldn’t.”

She deliberately left out the part about him getting eaten. She didn’t know what he had seen or remembered, but she didn’t want to scare him more.

Her father came in and told him he better get ready, because he was going to work with him today. Sally put his sheets and PJ’s in the washer as Tommy got dressed. She was relieved she would get to go to school.

She was able to leave earlier than usual, and she arrived soon enough to meet Alison as her father was dropping her off.

“Hey!” Sally called.

Alison smiled and bobbed over to join her. Mr. Jamison waved to them as he pulled away, but Alison took no notice.

“You’re here early,” Alison said.

“My dad took Tommy to work with him today,” Sally said. “So I came early.”

“How were things this morning,” Alison asked, a concerned look on her face. Sally had texted her some of the details last night.

“Tense,” Sally said as they walked in the building. “Tommy had another nightmare last night.”

“What about?”

“The same stuff. This time, though, the dogs chased him to my grandma’s house. The door was locked, and he couldn’t get in. They ate him on her doorstep.”

“Oh, my god, Sally,” Alison said. “That’s horrible!”

“It gets worse,” Sally said. “I dreamed too. I saw Tommy’s dream, and at the end of it, when the dogs were devouring him, Shakir came out and dangled this key at me.”

“The key to the door of the house?”

“I think so,” Sally said, realizing the key Zelda told her about and the one she’d seen in her nightmares were probably the same somehow. “She was mocking me, Alison. She laughed at me while her dogs ate my brother.”

“Holy crap,” Alison said. “Sally, don’t take this the wrong way, but I am glad I’m not in your dreams.”

Sally didn’t say anything. She understood what Alison meant, knew it wasn’t intended to insult. But it still made her feel bad.

“So is your dad just gonna take him to work with him for three days?” Alison said as they reached her locker.

“I don’t know,” Sally said. “I didn’t know he was gonna take him today until this morning. Last night, he was talking about having me stay home from school to take care of him.

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