The Shadow Man Book 1/2 ✔️

3. The Nightmare

"Any movie in particular?" Colby asks me
"How about something scary to get ourselves in the mood for tomorrow night?" I smirk at him
"You're crazy" he says laughing while shaking his head at me "does it not scare you?"
"Yeah of course it does but I strongly feel some comfort in it I guess, reminds me of my brother" I look down at the floor "sorry this just got depressing"
"Don't apologise. Your not ready to talk about it yet and that's ok I won't push you, but if you ever do like I said before I'm all ears"
"Thank you" Colby smiles and presses play and we watch a horror movie. Once it's over Colby shows me to the spare room and let's me borrow one of his shirts and jogging bottoms. I climb into bed and quickly fall asleep.

Dream
I wake up in a dark hallway with a light at the end. After looking around more I realise where I am. I get up off the floor and begin to walk towards the light then I hear my brother yelling. I pick up my pace and begin to run to the end of the hallway, but I'm not getting any closer, it's like I'm on a conveyor belt running and I just can't get to the end. I hear a gun go off making me stop
"Rhys" I yell once again running and finally getting to the end of the hallway where the light is. There's a man stood wearing a ski mask pointing a gun in my brothers face
"Rose go now" the man presses the trigger once again and I watch my brother fall to the ground in front of me
End of dream

I sit up panicking then I notice a figure in the room by the door. I scream louder than I probably ever have before as the figure comes closer to me when I hear something in my ear
"Shhh it's ok, your ok. It wasn't your fault" it's sounds like my brother
"Rhys?" I frown as the door opens and the figure is gone "no no no don't go" at this point I'm crying my eyes out and I fell arms around me
"Shhh your ok" Colby rubs my back letting me just cry into his chest. I haven't had a nightmare like that for a long time.
After a while I calm down, Colby and I are still hugging. I sit up and look at the time 7am, I then notice the date, it's the one year anniversary of my brothers death. How did I not notice this before?
"Shit" I sigh
"What's wrong?" Colby asks, his voice laced with concern
"I errm I didn't realise the date can I ask you for a favour?" I look up to Colby who still looks concerned
"Sure, but what's wrong?"
"Can you take me to get some flowers... and then take me to Hollywood graveyard?"
"Of course, but I'm a little confused I thought you moved here from New York?"
"I did but I didn't move alone. I moved here with my brother Rhys, I'm not ready to talk about what happened but today is the anniversary of his death" my ears begin to water again
"Oh I'm sorry, I don't really know what to say other than I'm sorry"
"It's ok, I think this is why I had my nightmare"
"Are you definitely sure you want to come tonight? You really don't have to"
"No I'm sure" I smile at Colby.

Colby takes me to the store to buy some flowers the we go to the grave yard. I walk up the path towards my brothers grave and replace the old flowers with new ones. I sit down with my legs crossed facing the grave
"Hey Bro, I miss you. Rhys this is Colby he's a friend, yeah I know I've made new friends" I slightly laugh with a tear coming down my face. I quickly wipe it away "so erm tonight I'm doing an investigation at the Queen Marry ship, you always said you wanted to go there. I still stand by what I said the day you died. I'll never go into an abandoned building. We were so stupid back then weren't we. I love you bro" I get up and dust the dirt of the jeans I was wearing last night.

After visiting the grave we head back over to Sam's because apparently all the girls are over and some of the guys are as well. When we reach the door it's swung open by Kat who then wraps me up in her arms
"Did you visit his grave?" Kat asks
"Erm yeah I did. I think I need to explain some things" I pull back from Kat and walks through the door
"Rose you don't have to" Kat sighs shutting the door
"It's ok" I smile and we all sit down on the couch "ok so I often have nightmares about something that can lead to panic attacks. Last night I had this nightmare and I swear I saw my brother" I look up at Kat who looks shocked while everyone else looks confused "a year ago today my brother Rhys and I were exploring an abandoned house, what we didn't realise was it was home to drug dealers. I was in one room while my brother was in another room. I heard a gun go off so I ran to were my brother was but I was to late. He told me to run just as he got shot, so that's what I did. I was scared so I ran. I rang Kat when I reached the woods hiding behind a bush"
"I rang the police and told them where she was. They brought her back to my apartment"
"That was the nightmare, it replays in my mind. But when I woke up I swear he was there and I heard him whisper that it wasn't my fault. When Colby came in to the room Rhys disappeared" I wipe the tears from my face
"You don't have to come with us tonight" Sam says
"No I want to. I want to prove to myself that I'm not going crazy and I might have actually seen my brother last night. Also it was somewhere where we always wanted to go"
"Ok then as long as your sure"
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