Free Rewind (Vanish Book Three) by Sonny Daise Page B

won’t remember a thing.
    I opened my eyes; blue and
green swirls surrounded me, and Dante’s hand was nowhere near mine.
He stood across the room, staring with his eyes wide open. He was
about to speak, but before I could hear him out, I was
gone.
    Standing in the living room, on the
blood-stained floor, I looked around with caution. I knew she was
somewhere—waiting. I went invisible and searched the
house.
    The last place I checked—her
bedroom—was where I found her. She was sleeping peacefully, no
doubt dreaming about the day she would rule the Alliance, and
probably the world. She didn’t look the part, but she was, without
a doubt, evil.
    I placed my hand on her
forehead; I needed her to forget everything. The only thing I would
let her remember, was her name.
    When she woke up, she stared
at me. Her gaze showed no hate, no fear, no
love—nothing.
    “ Who are you?”
    “ The more important question
is, who are you?” I said. “How do you want to lead your
life?”
    “ I—I don’t know.”
    “ Your name is Ann, and you
want to help people. There is an evil woman named Debby, you should
avoid her at all costs. More than that, you need to find what makes
you happy in life. You’ve just been given a second chance—something
a lot of people never get. So, how are you going to use
it?”
    “ I don’t remember anything.
I don’t remember what I did or why I need a second chance, but I’m
sorry. Who are you? An angel?”
    I stopped and thought for a moment. If
Ann was going to do better, maybe she deserved to live a good life,
a life where she didn’t have a dream that would hurt so many
people.
    “ Yes, I’m an angel. I’ll
come to see you from time to time, and when I do… you better be
making the best of this.”
    “ I will I promise, but what
am I supposed to do?”
    “ Try your best to lead a
life that you can be proud of. Don’t do things that are good for
you, but bad for others. It’s okay to make yourself happy, but you
can’t hurt other people in the process.”
    “ Thank you,” she
said.
    “ No problem, I will be
back,” I said it not as a threat, but a promise. I could forgive
what she had done, not because she deserved it, or because she
decided to change on her own, but because she now had no idea what
she had done. “One more thing, you tell no one about what you’ve
seen, not a word, got it?”
    “ I’ll never
tell.”
    “ Go back to sleep,” I said
as I imagined Grace’s house. I Imagined the couch, and Dante
sitting there waiting for me to return. Soon blue and green swirls
surrounded me, and no more than a second later, I was
gone.
    “ What happened?” Dante
demanded the second I appeared.
    “ We have one less person to
worry about. Not only did I make Ann forget, I told her she was a
good person, and she needed to start acting like one. She thought I
was an angel,” I smiled.
    “ That’s great, but now you
need to get some sleep.”
    “ Yeah, I think you’re
right.”
    I didn’t have a concrete
plan in mind. I probably should have, but on the bright side, I had
a dream about what would happen tomorrow.
    It was glorious; thousands of
imprisoned people around the world were set free. We took down the
Alliance, but the dream cut off in a pivotal scene.
     
    I woke up covered in sweat.
I was sprawled out across the couch, and Dante was lying on the
floor, looking uncomfortable. I turned over and stared at him for a
few moments. The dream I had was a magnificent dream and a horrific
nightmare all rolled into one. It felt as if, second by second, the
details disappeared, and soon I was left with nothing. It was
strange; I should have remembered, but I’d had dreams before where
I’d forgotten them almost immediately after I’d woken up. This was
different; it felt like this dream should have been burned into my
brain.
    I shrugged it off and sat there. That’s
when I realized, I was sitting there with my hand on my forehead.
Did I make myself forget? I