Chapter132: The In-between

Chapter 132: The In-Between OLLIE "Connected how?" I asked, though part of me already understood, what he meant. He was the kid in my dreams. The one with the scary monster always hurting him and I was the one who kept feeling the pain. I remembered the time my hand was burned with no explanation. It was him. "The magic in the necklace, I think. I'm not really sure because Mama used a lot of things with me to hurt you," Riley explained.  "It tied us together so that we'd share life force. So that you will give me your life energy when I touch you, but it didn't work. It only made us share pain and sickness and everything bad. That's why you've been getting sick every time something happens to me. But they're going to break the connection, which means you're going to get better." He said trying to sound upbeat about it, like it was a good news specifically for me. I noticed he didn't say anything about himself. If he would be better too. "What about you?" I asked, because Riley sounded