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said as if far off in her own world.
    She had never been wrong so far and I knew she was
going through all the possibilities in her head over and over again.
    “Tonight I’ll go down to the Roosevelt Lake and
check it out, see if I can find anything out of the ordinary,” I interjected,
trying to put her wondering at ease.
    “Good idea. I’ll try to dig deeper here…contact the
Kettle Falls library or something.”
    I could hear the soft tapping of fingers on the
keyboard as she already started to search away on her laptop. I decided to walk
around the town for a bit before dinner and talk to the locals; see if they
knew anything. But as nice as the people of this small town were, no one had
any helpful information. Everyone’s story matched Mrs. Baker’s and everyone was
equally confused. I continued to walk around while the constant drizzle
dampened my hair. I stopped into a small sporting goods store and bought a navy
blue windbreaker with an oversized hood. There was no way I could afford to get
sick now. I headed back out into the mist fully prepared.
    Night came quickly and I decided to stop in the
local diner for some food. Everyone seemed to know each other and was welcoming
to people traveling through their town. A younger man about my age sat across
from me in my booth while I took a huge gulp of water.
    “Hi, stranger. Passing through?” he asked upbeat.
    He had on a heavyweight flannel shirt, steel-toed
work boots, and a dirty old camo ball cap. His face was tired from a full day
of work, but he managed to give me a wide grin as I introduced myself.
    “Yea, just taking a road trip. My name’s Kamlyn.” I
responded, holding out my hand to shake his.
    “My name’s John Weston. So…are you alone?” he
asked, looking around the diner for another stranger who could possibly be my
companion.
    I wasn’t sure if he was trying to hit on me or if
he was just genuinely curious. It’d been so long since I’d had any real contact
with a new person.
    “I’m alone, but getting ready to head out soon.”
    I took a bite of my dinner, savoring its juicy
flavor. Rarely did I get the chance to sit down and eat food that wasn’t fresh
off the assembly line.
    “Meatloaf’s good, huh?” he asked, smiling all the
while. “I live next door to this place and I eat here at least three nights a
week. Can’t get enough of it.”
    I lowered my gaze to the table, feeling slightly
uncomfortable having a stranger watch me eat. I’d spent the last year in such
isolation that I wasn’t quite sure how to act when someone wanted to talk to
me. Thankfully, John was a very perceptive guy.
    “Let me leave you to your meal, then.” He slid to
the edge of the booth. “It was nice to meet you, Kamlyn.”
    “Good to meet you too, John,” I responded, still
adverting eye contact.
    He stood up and walked back to his own table where
he ate alone as well. From what I could tell, he seemed perfectly happy with
his life even though he seemed to have no one to share it with. Who knows,
maybe he had a hot date later and I was feeling sorry for nothing. I paid my
tab and left the small diner without another thought of John. I walked back to
the motel to pick up my truck. The walk seemed further than I had remembered
now that the rain had picked up. Once I reached the parking lot, I got right
into my truck to start the hunt.
    As I pulled up to the lakefront, I turned off my
lights. The silence after I killed the engine was deafening. I opened my door
and hopped out of the cab before walking around to the back. I pulled down the
tailgate and lifted up the false bed to reveal a shallow hidden compartment
underneath full of weaponry. I grabbed a 9mm, loaded it with a round of iron
bullets and put a red pouch full of salt in my coat pocket. Before I ventured
out, I grabbed my flashlight. As brave as I liked to think I was now, I wasn’t
about to wander the strange woods alone in the dark.
    With the autumn leaves crunching under my feet,