11.

I hear my son scream, so I rush upstairs to

comfort him back to sleep. He doesn't believe

me when I say everything is okay, perhaps

because he sees the creature that followed me

to his room.

12.

I hesitantly scrolled through a website full of

pictures of me sleeping and realized that in each

image the strange man gets closer to my bed. In

the one uploaded last night he was lifting the

blanket.

13.

"The lake is so peaceful at night," he thought as

he floated in the rowboat under the moonlight.

"The lake is so peaceful at night," he thought

until he dipped his fingers in the water and

something pulled him in to drown.

14.

He loved waking to sunlight on his face, but it

was 3 am, the curtains were closed, and the light

was coming from an orb hovering over his bed.

"Dana?"

15.

Finally to his car he drove away from there as

fast as he could. When he felt safe enough to

breathe a voice from the backseat said, "Leaving

so soon?"