Zoe was sitting in the bleachers, front row right on the 50-yard line, at Lake Point High School's football field. ![]() How could she get under Jon's skin? Who was the best at getting under Jon's skin? The words from earlier in the afternoon echoed in Zoe's mind as she drifted away. I wish I could make him understand what it's like to be the little sister." "I just wish I knew how to get under Jon's skin. For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come? And with that thought, she got into bed and went to sleep. Whatever happened outside the walls of this room, that was for outside. And Zoe retreated once again to her room, looked around at her black lace curtains, the Nightmare Before Christmas figurines that lived atop her dresser, the half-burned votive candles, the open box of incense, the poster of bats in flight, and sighed. And Zoe and Jon didn't really speak to one another.Īnd, in the end, eventually it came time to go to bed. Eventually Zoe's dad, Roger, came home completely sapped of energy from his day responding to emails. ![]() Eventually Zoe's mom, Linda, came home with little brother Mikey in tow, full of energy from his after-school karate lessons. Eventually Jon said goodbye to Karyn and came inside. ![]() ![]() The evening went about as normally as evenings do in the Gibson household.
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