The Game at Carousel: Book Four Stubs July 17th (Arc II Chapters 1- 85)

Priority number one: get away from the haunted hotel room. We knew that technically our odds of something bad happening were low, but this was the place where Cassie’s body had laid cold for over an hour. This was not a place we could sleep comfortably if we could avoid it. There were broken windows and some shredded wallpaper.

“You can come to my place,” Sidney offered. “My Dad will make you some scrambled eggs.”

“Your dad?” I asked. “You don’t mean…?”

She understood what I was asking. “No,” she said. “God no. The Stranger isn’t my real dad. That was just for the story.”

She and Constance shared a giggle.

“Your real dad is here?” Kimberly asked.

Sidney nodded. “Dad, stepmother, and her son. The whole family. That was part of the deal.”

I figured that Constance would invite us to her house because that was so close, but it turned out that place belonged to some random NPC from a story about mind-controlling leeches. She just took it over for our storyline.

As we walked through the night, Cassie and Isaac walked solemnly. Antoine had Kimberly wrapped in his arms. Dina trailed behind.

Bobby wanted to talk.

“You notice how the Now Playing board calls that story a reboot of Reply the Departed. Indeed it had.