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  I inhaled deeply at that, shielding my thoughts from the psychic in front of me. After all, she didn’t need to know all of my secrets.

  “It’s okay,” I said to little Conner. “She’s here to help you.”

  He continued staring up at me. The electrified air around him danced and swirled, and I wondered if Pauline saw him the same way I saw him.

  “You are a very brave boy, Conner,” said Pauline. “You stayed around until you found someone who could stop your killer.”

  I glanced sharply at Pauline, but she kept her focus on the boy. How much, exactly, did she know? Maybe nothing, maybe everything. Either way, I knew she was a friend and would keep my secrets.

  Conner nodded shyly, then buried his face in his hands and wept, his little body shaking. Pauline reached out and drew him in close and gave the little boy a big, loving hug.

  I couldn’t hide the tears on my own face.

  * * *

  It was later.

  Pauline had indeed helped Conner go home. A home in the sky. A home far away from here. Or, as Pauline said, everywhere and anywhere at once.

  When she was gone, and when he was gone, too, I eased back down in the center of the living room and buried my face in my own hands. I would never, ever forget the images of the children, their torment, their horror.

  I rocked on my floor and wrapped my hands around myself and thought of my children.

  Lord help anyone who threatened my children.

  Anyone.

  The End

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