Dead Dreams ((Young Adult Paranormal Romance) ( Dead Dreams Trilogy)) by Michelle Wright Page B
Authors: Michelle Wright
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- couldn’t wait to speak his mind,
“ What’s your agenda man? What the hell is this place and what do you want with us! ”
“ Re lax, I don’t want anything from you kids I’m only trying to help you to see . ”
“ See what? ”
“ That you need to move on, it’s not good wandering the streets with no direction. ”
“ Move on where, when you’re broke and homeless there’s nowhere to go unless you’ve any bright ideas? ”
“ Doesn’t anything fe el strange to you? ” Reggie asked him.
“ Everything’s strange since I left home and came to the city…well it would be wouldn’t it? ”
“ I guess, if you see it that way. ”
“ Cut the psychol ogy crap, I’ve had enough of your bullshit! ”
Reggie sighed and gently pat ted his arm . He was genuinely sympathetic to Adam’s plight even though he could see that he clearly didn ’t like or trust him , he was determined to keep trying. It wasn’t the first time he’d come across an angry and lost teenager and knowing that Adam thought he was weird didn’t detract from his desire to help. Adam’s conclusion was that the man was dumb, confirmed by the last conversation. The city is full of them, he muttered under his breath .
Chapter 5
A few hours later their clothes were returned to them clean and dry, and Adam couldn’t take his eyes off her . She ’d cleaned up well, h er cute face, pixie nose, big blue eyes and long blonde hair was hard to ignore. Looking sexy and wild in her ripped jeans and tank top he’d never been so hot for a girl like this befo re. S he had gotten under his skin for sure, but for the first time it was the other way round. She had the control.
Before it was always the g irls that did the running with constant calls or text messages of love while a ll the time Adam played it cool. He enjoyed the attention and like to control who he saw and when. Poor Katie was the perfect convenience when life beca me unmanageable; he would f requently show up for sympathy, sex and a few dollars of her allowance which she always gave him. Having got what he wanted he would then ignore her for weeks on end until she was a tearful mess, winning her back with his lies-every time. Now the tables had turned and it was his time to fall even though logic was telling him to steer clear of what he ’d come to see as a bulimi c coke sniffing drifter who was messing with his head he couldn’t resist, weakening at every curve.
Reggie had his rules for bed-time. He would take charge directing everyone to their beds in a quiet friendly manner. Adam and Summer were taken to the second floor of the sprawling house and shown into a large bedroom with five single m attresses on the floor. E ach was clean with fresh bedding and plenty of pillows. There was no other furniture but neither of them cared, a comfortable mattress was more than enough. He left them alone to bed down and it wasn’t long before another young girl not much older than Summer joined them . F ive minutes later the door was opened by an older man also grateful to have a bed for the night.
Partially clothed and under a warm thick quilt Adam relaxed. Within minutes of his head hit ting the pillow he was asleep, sheer exhaustion taking over as thoughts of a lustful night with Summer slowly diminished.
S leep quickly became a mixture of confusing short dreams each one havi ng no connection with the other . There were j umbled visions of his f ather standing before him holding out his han d as if to beckon him to follow . Roy ’s angry face was enlarge d to the size of a movie screen screaming obscenities and , his desires for Summer became a full sexual fantasy . Then there was Reggie with a giant bowl of pasta enticing Adam to smell the aroma but eating it himself . The nightmares continued with a hospital bed that he couldn’t get up from and a se xy nurse breathing into his ear - but when he spoke to her she spat. All night the dreams persisted, the last one being
“ What’s your agenda man? What the hell is this place and what do you want with us! ”
“ Re lax, I don’t want anything from you kids I’m only trying to help you to see . ”
“ See what? ”
“ That you need to move on, it’s not good wandering the streets with no direction. ”
“ Move on where, when you’re broke and homeless there’s nowhere to go unless you’ve any bright ideas? ”
“ Doesn’t anything fe el strange to you? ” Reggie asked him.
“ Everything’s strange since I left home and came to the city…well it would be wouldn’t it? ”
“ I guess, if you see it that way. ”
“ Cut the psychol ogy crap, I’ve had enough of your bullshit! ”
Reggie sighed and gently pat ted his arm . He was genuinely sympathetic to Adam’s plight even though he could see that he clearly didn ’t like or trust him , he was determined to keep trying. It wasn’t the first time he’d come across an angry and lost teenager and knowing that Adam thought he was weird didn’t detract from his desire to help. Adam’s conclusion was that the man was dumb, confirmed by the last conversation. The city is full of them, he muttered under his breath .
Chapter 5
A few hours later their clothes were returned to them clean and dry, and Adam couldn’t take his eyes off her . She ’d cleaned up well, h er cute face, pixie nose, big blue eyes and long blonde hair was hard to ignore. Looking sexy and wild in her ripped jeans and tank top he’d never been so hot for a girl like this befo re. S he had gotten under his skin for sure, but for the first time it was the other way round. She had the control.
Before it was always the g irls that did the running with constant calls or text messages of love while a ll the time Adam played it cool. He enjoyed the attention and like to control who he saw and when. Poor Katie was the perfect convenience when life beca me unmanageable; he would f requently show up for sympathy, sex and a few dollars of her allowance which she always gave him. Having got what he wanted he would then ignore her for weeks on end until she was a tearful mess, winning her back with his lies-every time. Now the tables had turned and it was his time to fall even though logic was telling him to steer clear of what he ’d come to see as a bulimi c coke sniffing drifter who was messing with his head he couldn’t resist, weakening at every curve.
Reggie had his rules for bed-time. He would take charge directing everyone to their beds in a quiet friendly manner. Adam and Summer were taken to the second floor of the sprawling house and shown into a large bedroom with five single m attresses on the floor. E ach was clean with fresh bedding and plenty of pillows. There was no other furniture but neither of them cared, a comfortable mattress was more than enough. He left them alone to bed down and it wasn’t long before another young girl not much older than Summer joined them . F ive minutes later the door was opened by an older man also grateful to have a bed for the night.
Partially clothed and under a warm thick quilt Adam relaxed. Within minutes of his head hit ting the pillow he was asleep, sheer exhaustion taking over as thoughts of a lustful night with Summer slowly diminished.
S leep quickly became a mixture of confusing short dreams each one havi ng no connection with the other . There were j umbled visions of his f ather standing before him holding out his han d as if to beckon him to follow . Roy ’s angry face was enlarge d to the size of a movie screen screaming obscenities and , his desires for Summer became a full sexual fantasy . Then there was Reggie with a giant bowl of pasta enticing Adam to smell the aroma but eating it himself . The nightmares continued with a hospital bed that he couldn’t get up from and a se xy nurse breathing into his ear - but when he spoke to her she spat. All night the dreams persisted, the last one being
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