Chapter 45 forty five

Passengers disembarked when United Airlines Flight 419 landed at O'Hare at 10 past 3:00.Ally was in a mild hysterical state and Rachel was terrified. If someone accidentally touched Allie on the shoulder, she would jump up and stare at him, shaking all over as if she had been shocked.Airplane nightmares were bad enough, but this—Rachel really didn't know how to deal with the situation. While walking towards the terminal, Allie tripped and fell to the ground.She didn't stand up by herself, but just lay motionless on the carpet, and the passengers around her walked past her, and she didn't care until Rachel picked her up.Rachel asked, "Ellie, what's wrong with you?"

But Allie didn't answer.They walked across the hall to the luggage area.Rachel saw her parents waiting there, and Rachel waved to them, and the Goldmans came over. Mrs. Goldman said, "They told us not to wait for you at the gate, so we thought—Rachel? How's Ally?" "not too good." "Mom, is there a toilet? I'm going to throw up." "Oh, God," Rachel said desperately, and took her daughter's hand and hurried across the hall to the women's room. Mrs. Goldman called, "Rachel, do you want me?" "No, please help me with my luggage, you know what kind of luggage it is. We're fine."

Fortunately, there was no one in the women's room.Rachel led Ellie to a door and quickly opened the toilet door. Ellie moaned while clutching her stomach. She retched twice into the squat pit, but nothing came out.It appears to be caused by excessive fatigue and tension. Ellie later told her mother that she was feeling better, and Rachel led her to the sink where she washed her daughter's face. Ellie's face was pale and the circles around her eyes were dark. "Ellie, what's wrong? Can't you tell me?" "I don't know what happened, but when Dad told us we were going to fly out of the house, I knew something was wrong because there was something wrong with Dad."

Rachel thought, Louis, what are you hiding?You're hiding something, I can see it, even my daughter can.It occurred to her that she was also tense all day, as if waiting for a bomb to go off. She always felt this way two or three days before her period, tense and irritable, suddenly laughing or crying or having a headache or something, Then it will be fine again after a while. "What?" Rachel asked her daughter in the mirror. "Honey, what could be wrong with Daddy?" Allie said: "I don't know, it was the dream, about Gage, or maybe Church. I can't remember, I don't know."

"Ellie, what kind of dream did you have?" "I dreamed I was at the pet cemetery. Paxko took me there and he said Daddy was going there and something terrible was going to happen." "Paxko?" Rachel felt a wave of fear come over her.What was that name, and why did it sound familiar?It seemed like she'd heard the name before...or something very similar...but she couldn't remember where.Rachel said, "Did you dream that a man named Paxko took you to the pet cemetery?" "Yes, he said that was his last name, and..." Ellie's eyes widened suddenly.

"What do you remember?" "He said he was sent to warn, but he couldn't interfere. He said he was—I don't know—he was close to Daddy because they were together, and when his soul was—— I can't remember," Ellie whimpered. "Honey," Rachel said, "I think you're dreaming about the pet cemetery because you're still thinking about Gage. I'm sure Daddy's doing well. Are you feeling better now?" "No," Ellie whispered, "Mom, I'm scared. Are you scared?" "No." Rachel said.She shook her head slightly and quickly and smiled, but she was actually scared.The name, Paxko, was familiar, she felt as if she had heard it in dire circumstances months or even years ago, and she felt nervous, and she felt that there was something profound to be done. Outburst, something terrible needs to be stopped.But what is it?what is it

Rachel said to Allie, "I'm sure everything is fine. Do you want to go back to Grandpa and Grandma?" "I think so," Allie said listlessly. A Puerto Rican woman leads her young son into the women's restroom.The little boy got all dirty and his mother was scolding him.This made Rachel think of Yiji again.She quickly said to her daughter: "Let's go, we will call Dad when we get to Grandpa's house." "He's wearing gym shorts," Allie said suddenly, looking back at the little boy. "Honey, who's wearing gym shorts?" "Paxko," Ellie said, "in my dream he was wearing red gym shorts."

The name came to Rachel's mind again, and she felt her knees go weak with fear, but the thought passed quickly. They couldn't get close to the luggage tracks, but Rachel could see the hat her father was wearing, with a feather on it.Mrs. Goldman had taken two seats for them against the wall and was waving to them.Rachel walked over with her daughter. Mrs. Goldman asked, "Honey, are you feeling better?" "It's better," Ellie said, "Mommy..." Ellie turned to Rachel and stopped talking.She saw Rachel sitting stiffly, her hand over her mouth, her face pale.Rachel remembered, and the name popped into her mind like a thunderbolt.Of course she should have known who it was right away, but she kept trying to get the name out of her head, of course.

"Mother?" Rachel turned her head slowly to look at her daughter, and Ellie could hear the muscles in Rachel's neck twitching slightly.Rachel took her hand from her mouth and asked, "Ellie, did the man in your dream tell you his name?" "Mom, are you okay..." "Did the man in your dream tell you his name?" Mrs. Goldman looked at her daughter and granddaughter as if they were both crazy. "Yes, but I can't remember... Mom, you hurt me..." Rachel looked down and saw that she was holding her daughter's arm tightly in her hands.

"Is it Victor?" Ellie took a sharp breath and said, "Yes, it's Victor! He said his name was Victor! Mom, did you dream about him too?" "It's not Pascoe," Rachel said, "it's Pascoe." "That's what I said, Paxko." "Rachel, what's the matter?" Mrs. Goldman grabbed her daughter's hand and found that it was cold. She then asked, "What's the matter with Ellie?" "It's not Elle," Rachel said. "I think it's Louis. Something's wrong with Louis, or something's going to happen. Mom, you're sitting here with Ellie, and I want to call home .”

Rachel stood up, went to the phone booth, took a coin from her wallet and dropped it in. She asked for a collect call, but no one answered.The operator asked, "Are you okay in a moment?" "Okay." Rachel said and hung up, and she stood there staring at the phone thinking, He said he was sent to warn, but he couldn't interfere , he said he was... he was close to daddy because they were together, when his soul was off... off... I can't remember! "Out of your senses," Rachel whispered, digging her fingers into the fabric of the bag. "Oh my God, is that the word?" Rachel tried to figure it out. How did this have anything to do with something supernatural and Gage's death and their travels?What did Allie know about the dead young man Louis met on his first day at work? No idea, Rachel replied firmly in her head.You kept it from her, just as you kept her from knowing anything about death, not even the talk that her kitten might die.Remember that stupid brawl we had in the pantry the other day?You've been keeping her from knowing this.Because you were afraid then, you are afraid now.His name was Pascoe, Victor Pascoe.Rachel, how hopeless is this situation?How bad is it?What the hell is going to happen? Rachel's hands were shaking violently.It took her twice to put the coin into the phone.This time she was calling the school infirmary, and it was Charlton who answered the call.She was a little bewildered, she said she hadn't seen Louis, Charlton would be surprised if he came to school today, and she expressed her sympathy to Rachel.Rachel asks Louis to call her parents when she sees her.Yes, he knows the phone number. Rachel hung up, feeling hot and shaking all over. Suddenly a cold thought broke into her mind, she grabbed the receiver, found a coin, and wondered if Louis wanted to commit suicide?Was it because of this that he drove them all away?Almost like throwing them out of the house?Does Allie have a premonition? She called Chad collect and the phone rang five...six...seven times.Just as she was about to hang up, Chad's breathless voice came from the phone: "Hello?" "Chad! Chad, I'm..." "Just a moment, ma'am," the operator said, and she asked Chad again, "Would you like to take collect from Mrs. Creed?" Chad said, "Okay." "I'm sorry, sir, do you want to or don't you want to?" "I think I would," Chad said. The operator hesitated for a moment before realizing what Chad was speaking in English with a thick northern accent.Then the operator said: "Thank you, Ma'am, please tell me." "Chad, did you see Louis today?" "Today, I don't think so, Rachel. But I went shopping in Brewer this morning, and I'm in the garden behind the house this afternoon. Why do I ask that?" "Oh, it's probably okay, but Ellie had a nightmare on the plane and I just want her to calm down." "Airplane?" Chad's voice sounded like he was taking the matter seriously, and he asked, "Where are you, Rachel?" "In Chicago, Elle and I came here to live with my parents for a while." "Louis didn't come with you?" "He'll be back at the weekend," Rachel said.She was trying to make her voice sound even now, because there was something in Chad's voice that she didn't like. "Was it his idea to send you there?" "Ah... yes, Chad, what's the matter? Something's wrong, isn't it? You know it." "Maybe you should tell me about the dream the child has," said Chad after a long pause. "I wish you could."