𝖆𝖒𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖘𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖒 | d.f. | book two

🎱 veda85 🎱

12:11am

71 Days Post Max20
76 Days Apple Missing

i open my eyes, seeing beautiful baby blue flowers.

"we made it back," i tell alex who's in front of me.

"what do we do now? how do we get to dominic's memories?" he asks.

"we're going to have to really focus," i nod, "start thinking of your brother. feel his energy, find a memory that you share, and go into it. it could be anything."

he thinks for a second.

"okay. come on."

he holds his hands out and i place mine in them.

i close my eyes, focusing on alex's energy as i'll be a hitchhiker to his destination.

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"here it is."

i open my eyes.

"it's a carnival," i smile.

i watch as people rush by me, happy; oblivious.

"this is our first family outing after dom came home from jail. do you feel him?" he asks me, looking around. "i wanted to test the waters."

i think about dominic.

a guy i've never met but have seen a lot of- heard a lot of too.

i know we're connected somehow.

i feel it with ray. i feel it with alex. and june. i feel it with little apple.

and i can feel it with dominic.

"i feel him; his energy. but, i don't feel him here," i say, remembering my own times at the carnival.

"me neither. but we are inside of his mind. we're getting stronger. do you feel it?"

"yeah. especially being with you guys. i feel stronger," i admit.

my annoyance of him is gone, i realize.

maybe it was apple's happy place.

"where would dominic be?" alex thinks out loud.

"we have to feel him. where would he go for trouble?"

"home. back with my mom."

"mama! mama! let's go on that ride!"

"okay. let's go on that one," a young woman says, holding apple's hand.

dominic and alex walk by us, behind apple and who i would deduct is their mom.

"we all should go on!" apple suggests.

"no more apple!" alex whines.

"man up! it's fun!" she laughs.

dominic laughs, hitting alex's arm.