The girl named Kris was astonished. "God, it really was me, but I don't remember taking this photo at all. I only knew him in high school. "
Hearing that, the boy's expression turned ugly, and he urged, "Let's go."
Kris, however, continued, "Dean said something before he died."
"Stop," said the boy in a low voice.
Kris, however, continued, "He said, 'You're not real.' He repeated that over and over again. Do you know what that means? "
After a brief silence, the boy said, "No, I don't. Dean was on a lot of drugs, including psychiatric ones. Do you know what I mean? "
Tears welled up in Kris's eyes. "Jessie, it looks like someone forced Dean to do that, but there was no one around him. You have to believe me. "
"Kris, that's probably just your imagination." The boy shook his head.
"No, I believe in her." Another girl walked to the side of the two people who were talking and suddenly interrupted.
Both of them looked at her.
Kris had found a supporter. "You believe her?"
The girl nodded and confirmed what she had just said. "I believe her, because I saw it too …"
The boy interrupted her. "No, you didn't see anything. You were in the shop too. You were just terrified. So, stop scaring Kris, alright? "
With that, the boy turned around and left, leaving the two girls standing there in a daze.
At that moment, Luke was standing on a photo rack not far behind them and taking a photo with his fake phone.
In particular, Kris said that she was with Dean in the photo.
In the photo, a five-year-old boy was climbing a slide. Not far away, a cute girl in a pink and blue dress was looking at the camera. Selina said, "The boy's gone."
Luke nodded. "Let's go."
Luke nodded slightly. "Let's go."
"Kris, and this girl, can I talk to you?" Luke took off his sunglasses and asked with a smile.
Looking at his handsome face and his eyes that were filled with electricity for a moment, even though the two girls were in a bad mood, they still nodded subconsciously. "Ah, sure."
Then, Kris came back to herself. "Wait, what do you want to talk about?"
Luke gestured, and the four of them walked to a tree on the side.
He then said, "I'm sorry about what happened to Dean, but what I want to ask is, who do you suspect?"
Chrissy and the other girl's expressions turned grave. "Wha, what?"
Luke smiled apologetically. "I accidentally overheard your conversation just now. Is someone … bothering you?"
Both girls were silent.
After a while, the girl who interrupted said, "Who are you?"
Luke took out his badge and flashed it slightly. "LAPD. Someone commissioned me to investigate this matter. It didn't just bring you trouble. "
The two girls looked at each other, and it was still the girl who said, "Then let's talk somewhere else. It's not convenient here."
Kris said, "Let's go to my house. My mother went to Europe yesterday."
The two girls got into Luke's car. Apart from Kris telling them her address, the car was silent the entire way.
When they arrived at Kris's house, the four of them got out of the car and entered the house, sitting down in the living room.
Kris was clearly distracted. She simply sat there in a daze without even getting any water for them.
It was Luke who broke the uncomfortable silence. He looked at the girl and said, "I still don't know your name. What's your name?"
The girl said, "Just call me Nancy. What do you want to know?"
Luke said, "The person you suspect. I think you know who he is. "
Nancy fell silent and looked at Kris, who was suddenly nervous.
Kris gritted her teeth. "Tell me. I want to know what he is."
That being said, Luke and Selina didn't see any anger on her face. It would be more accurate to call it fear.
Nancy said, "There's a person who … always appears in our dreams."
She then looked at Luke and Selina, only to discover that they were listening quietly without any impatience or disdain on their faces.
She then continued, "I don't know who he is, but recently, I've been seeing him after I fall asleep. He seems … "
Kris suddenly interjected, "As if he's real."
Everybody raised their eyebrows.
Kris's eyes were glazed, but she said, "It's like he's been burnt, and his skin seems to have melted. Especially his hand, his right hand, it's a … "
"A claw." Nancy continued, "There are sharp blades on the fingers of his right hand, like a claw."
Kris seemed to recall her dreams. She trembled and couldn't say anything. She simply nodded in agreement.
Luke and Selina looked at each other.
Nancy didn't seem to notice. "He always wears a black top hat and a tattered sweater with red and green stripes. Every time he appears, he slowly approaches me and says something to me. "
Luke waited for a moment, and when she didn't continue, he asked in a low voice, "What did he say?"
“Do
you
remember
me? (Do you remember me?) "The words came out of Nancy and Kris's mouths at the same time.
Luke raised an eyebrow. "And?"
Both girls shook their heads, and Nancy replied, "I wake up in fright every time it happens."
Luke pondered for a moment. "So, he hasn't hurt you yet? Why?"
Both girls were stunned. They hadn't expected that to be his question.
Even they themselves felt that this matter was too absurd.
If Dean hadn't died in front of them, they wouldn't have such an exaggerated reaction even if they were plagued by nightmares.
From Luke's expression, it seemed that he completely believed them, and was seriously analyzing the reason behind it.
"But, but Dean's dead, right in front of me," Kris couldn't help but say.
Luke nodded and tapped the armrest of the couch unhurriedly. "So, he has a purpose."
That's why he entered your dreams time and time again to threaten you. He didn't say that out loud.
After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Then when did this nightmare of yours start? How often? Does it happen once a month, once a week, or every few days? "
Nancy said, "It only started a month ago, but it seems to have been a week since then? He's been appearing almost every day for the last few days. "
Kris shook her head. "No, I haven't slept much since Dean died. I haven't had much sleep since Dean died. I thought I saw him again when I dozed off at noon today. "
Luke nodded. "What about during this period? Is he appearing more and more frequently? "
The two girls looked at each other and nodded at the same time.
He had a vague guess, but he didn't want to say it out loud.
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