" Jessie said." I miss you too." Jacob typed.Chris looked up and realised it was Jacob typing." I will wait. As long as you need." Chris typed looking...up at Jacob.Jacob smiled and mouthed "Thank you." to Chris.Jessie saw the teacher coming and swapped to the word document." So what progress has been made?" The teacher asked." I was just reading through the research Jacob did. He picked a few theatres and found out more about them." Jessie said covering smoothly." I'm impressed. Good work." the. ’ ‘But I thought you were dead. I saw the coffin. I was at the funeral and I spoke with your family.’ With her hands she rubbed over her eyes to get the last bit of sleep out of them. ‘Come back to bed and I’ll explain you everything, please.’ He held out his hand to her and, still hesitating, she came closer and laid her hand into his. It felt as if she got an electrical shock when she touched his hand, letting the soft hair on her forearms stand up. ‘You’re real!! But how can that be?’ ‘Yes. A lot, but much less than what you heard. So, it wasn't you I saw there that day?" No, not me, but I'm sure I know who it was that you did see that day. Can you write down your phone number for me, and I'll check with her, to see if she still has that painting?"I thought she was trying to pull a fast one on me when she asked for my phone number. She sure looked like the girl I'd seen from the edge of the woods that day. Same general size and body build, same shade of hair color, and I'd found. And right now, that ripple is fucking me right in the ass. I have a very easy way to get myself out of it. But, you know, I could be convinced to go a different direction. Maybe I could get out of this jam another way. And that’s what I wanted to discuss with you.’ Rachel felt a dull ringing in her ears as she tried to stay focused on the moment. Her mind raced to a thousand different places, scrambling desperately to process her next move. Jeff had clearly laid it out. If Erica got her hands.