𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 20

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Mike and Evelyn pull up to the pharmacy. "I'm going to run in and get my prescription, I'll be right back." Evelyn nods her head as Mike leaves the car. The woman feels awful. Abby is pissed, and she has a right to be. Evelyn just wished she would let them tell her what was going on. What if Abby doesn't understand? What if Abby understands and still hates them? What if-

Mike opens the driver-side door and gets in. "The fucking pharmacist told me to drink warm milk with chamomile and honey. Stupid fuck." Mike puts the car in drive and speeds off. "He's just trying to help," Evelyn says softly, earning a sigh from Mike. "Listen, I know you are upset, I am too. But that doesn't mean you have to take it out on other people."

Mike nods and just continues to drive to the pizzeria. 







Mike slammed the prescription bag on the desk and threw his headphones on, playing his nature sounds. Evelyn lays a blanket on the floor and uses her jacket as a pillow. Mike pops his pills into his mouth, watching the security feed on the computer screens. 

After a bit of doing his job (the reason they are there in the first place) he allows his eyes to close, welcoming the same dream to take over his mind. Once again, he is back at the campground. Airplane noises are the first thing he hears. "Okay, enough games, you two," his mother tells his father and younger brother. 

Mike's father slowly lowers Garrett to the ground, "Emergency landing." The woman looks over at her eldest son, "Well, don't just stand there. Dig in." What the hell? Mike's eyebrows grow closer together, confused. "Sweetheart, what's wrong?"

"This...this isn't... this isn't how it happened. This isn't real." Mike stumbles over his words.

"But it could be." Mike swings his head around to see the blonde-haired boy. Behind him are all the other kids he has seen before. "What is this?" Mike asks. "This isn't what I asked for." The blonde child was quick to respond, "But it's what you want. 

Mike shakes his head, "No. I just, I just want to find the man that-" "You're lying. You want to save Garrett. That's why you're really here. To change what happened. To go back." Mike hates to say it, but it is true. He wishes he could go back and save his brother and change what had happened. Change his whole life. "But I can't. He's gone, they're all gone."

"Really?" The blonde asked and pointed behind Mike, towards the man's family. "You can have this dream every night. You can be together with him again. Like before." Mike walks towards his family, "How?" He was desperate, he would rather have this dream, than the one that told him what happened that day. 

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