It suddenly reminded her that Nicole was not home with Josh yet. Sighing to herself she turned into the drive and slowly edged into the garage as the ...oor lifted automatically. The garage was eerily quiet and dark- particularly in the moment between the door lowering fully and the light coming on. One could hardly call it a light, it was simply a naked bulb, dangling precariously from the ceiling- casting an even creepier stark white light about the place. Where the light reached it was. Once he described the characters to me, I reread the book again and everything made sense. By the end of the year Miss Thompson had me read Great Expectations, Hound of the Baskervilles, Lord of the Flies, Old Man and the Sea, Jane Eyre, Last of the Mohicans and several short stories from Edgar Allen Poe. I ended the year with a 4.21 GPA, the highest in the school. I was still being laughed at on a daily basis and had been punched several times that year. There was not much I could do about it. She froze, as Jacob turned toward the back wall. Wait. “Jacob?”“Powerful as I am, Beatrice, and as much as I know, navigating this realm is not something I can do alone. Not if I want to go with my own hands.” He offered a small wave over his shoulder, and disappeared into the black fog near the wall. “And you know, if Jack really is in trouble, I’d like to help.”She blinked a few times at the man’s silhouette, before it was gone. Jen came close to Julias, and nudged her elbow into his side. ”“He won’t touch you again, I promise.” Spencer said gently touching her cheek. “You’ve had a rough morning, why don’t you go shower and change clothes, it will make you feel better.” She nodded and got up. “Oh, I need to do the breakfast dishes,” she said like a child who would be in trouble if she didn’t.Spencer put his arm across her shoulders and walked her toward the stairs. “No, no, you go freshen up and I’ll do the dishes. It’s ok Annie.”She looked at him, but he couldn’t read anything.