“You’ve been haunted by something most of your life, right? Something you can’t remember, but it makes you feel bad about yourself?” “How do you know that?” Annie asked, softly. “Because my whole life, I did, too. I felt out of place. Like I was trapped at Ruby Pier and wasn’t supposed to be there. Fixing rides? Who wants a lousy job like that? It had to be a mistake to ever take it, I thought. “Then I died. And Tala explained why I was there. To protect kids, the thing I didn’t do with her. She told me I was right where I was supposed to be.” He put his hand on the little girl’s shoulder.
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