MIDNIGHT - HarperCollins NZ

MIDNIGHT
‘There’s no need. They’ll probably go away in time.’
Deliberately ignoring his protest, Molly went on, ‘The
trouble is, you can’t see what I can see.’
‘What does that mean?’
‘It means that when you’re inside the nightmare,
you make these weird little sounds, like you can’t
breathe, and you lash out violently, as though fending
off some kind of attack – as if there’s something that
means to harm you. What is it, Jack? What fills you
with such terror?’
Jack looked away. ‘I don’t know.’
‘So, do you want to know?’ Molly’s anger bubbled to
the surface. ‘Do you want answers?’
He shrugged. ‘I just want to be rid of the nightmares.’
‘What if they’re not nightmares?’
‘What d’you mean?’
Molly searched for the right words. ‘I’m not sure, but
maybe you should get a medical. Maybe it’s something
to do with the brain?’
‘No medical.’
Agitated, he got up and went to stand beside her.
‘Listen to me. I know you’re worried for me, and I’m
sure the lack of sleep is beginning to affect you too.
So I was thinking, maybe the answer is for us to sleep
in separate rooms, at least for now?’
‘I don’t want to sleep in separate rooms,’ Molly
snapped angrily, ‘unless I was right just now, and you
really do want to be rid of me. What’s the plan, Jack?
Get me out of your bed then the next move is out the
door. Is that it?’
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