8. A Time to Run

Russet: It's a long five minutes. I check the pink phone twice: three messages, none of them for me. I almost dial Justin, then hesitate.

Russet: What would I say? That I saw a person morph like a movie shapeshifter? Justin already thinks I am crazy. I am almost sure I'm not.

Russet: But maybe my father can send me dreams when I'm awake? Maybe there is no pale man or a brown haired girl. So maybe nothing's real?

Russet: I shiver and cry a little, hiding my face. When I glance up, the attenda...