Page 150 of I Dare You
A rookie waves his gun, slowly walking toward me.“Weapon down!”
“Officer Renolds, stand down!”she orders.
Suddenly, the room starts spinning all over again, and a flash of light sears my vision.The knife tumbles to the floor as I blindly reach for something to grab, and that something is Kit.
“I’ve got you,” he says, gently holding me against him.
“W-what’s going on?”
“Help me!She broke in and assaulted me!”Jack screams, wriggling against his restraints.
“We know everything, Mr.Bloom.You’re under arrest.”
“For what?”he bellows.
“For drugging and raping twelve women, Hallie Holiday being one of them,” the woman says, cutting through the cable ties at his wrists and yanking him up, only to replace them with silver cuffs.
“She’s crazy!She’s talking to imaginary friends!”
I scoff because that’s ridiculous.
When I glance at Jupiter, her form flickers in and out, resembling the static of a television picture.
She begins to cry.I’ve never seen her cry before.
I can taste her tears.
I feel it all the way to my toes.
“Kit, what’s going on?I think I’m going to black out again.”
Dandy stands on the other side of me, offering me support as well.Both Rivers men are guarding me.I don’t know why.
“Jupiter?”I scream, reaching out to her, but she begins to fade in and out until suddenly…I’m staring at myself.
“I-I don’t understand.”
Dandy kisses my cheek.“It’s going to be okay, honey.”
“Stop coddling me and tell me what’s going on!”I push both men away, demanding answers.
“They’re lying to you, Hallie.Whatever they tell you, you know I’m real.”Jupiter’s voice feels like she’s an ocean away.It catches on the wind and drifts toward me.
Suddenly, a sharp pain batters at my temples.I scream violently, covering my ears.“It’s like Jupiter is inside my head!”
Kit raises his hands in surrender.“Hallie, Jupiterisin your head.It’sallbeen…in your head.”
I take a step back, suddenly feeling attacked.“What does that mean?”
“It means you’re fucking crazy!”Jack screams, struggling against the police who escort him out.“My lawyers are going to crucify you!”
The police drag him away, kicking and screaming.
The sight should warm the cockles of my heart, but all I can hear are Kit’s words…
“It’s all been…in your head.”
“Please tell me what’s going on.I’m not crazy.”
