"Wake up Sean"

"hmmmmmmm"

"Sean, wake up. It's time for you to leave"

"Meg???"

"It's time for you leave Richmond, Sean. I'll be with you"

The apparition dissolved into smoke. She had been there, at the foot of his bed. Now she was gone and the room was filled with smoke.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! on his door.

"Get out!" came the voice of his neighbor, "Y'all got a fire! Y'all gotta get up outta there!"

Sean leapt from his bed and ran downstairs to rouse his roommate. The top level of the row house they lived in was on fire. Sean woke up Josh and they made their way back upstairs. As they approached the front door, debris began to fall from upstairs. Miraculously, none of it hit them and they were able to get outside.

The house burned to the ground. Sean and Josh lost all of their possessions. Sean could still hear Meg's voice, "It's time for you to leave Richmond."

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