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it was working. Slowly but surely, Anna was morphing back into a
human after being a formidable mother bear.
    “You’re right,
Sam,” Anna confessed. She brushed the dirt off Trevor’s shirt and tried to
stroke his hair. He stiffly rejected her grooming attempts, as only teenage
boys can.
    “You were
saying, Sam?” Simon urged.
    “Right. Well, it
was Matthew and Anish who closed the portals, right?”
    “Right,” Anna,
Trevor, and Simon answered in unison.
    “Good,” Sam
chortled. “I mean, don’t get me wrong. They are amazing, especially Anish, as
far as knowing anything about demonology and all that jazz. But I can’t
help feeling like there’s something out there. Maybe a Wendigo, maybe not. The
reason I’ve kept quiet is because I know that it could just be me being
paranoid. It would make sense after what we saw last year. Plus, I really
didn’t feel like embarrassing myself. I’m sorry.”
    “Sam, you have
absolutely nothing to apologize for,” Anna said as she put her hand on Sam’s
shoulder.
    “We’re all there
with you,” Trevor said.
    “And there’s
this question I have that’s been driving me nuts,” Sam explained. He looked at
Simon and Trevor. “And this is why I think it might be helpful to have you guys
here.”
    “What are you
thinking?” Anna asked, genuinely curious and concerned about her friend. Sam
just happened to be the best damn cop she had ever known.
    “I’m wondering
if there is any way to prove that it worked. You know, so we can know that they
actually closed the portal. But how exactly would you prove something like
that?”
    Simon felt a shiver
crawl too slowly down his spine. “Damn…or, uh, I mean, darn,” he stuttered.
    “What?” Anna and
Sam asked in unison.
    “That’s a really
good question,” Simon answered. Trevor, Anna, and Sam looked at him like they
were disappointed in his response. What? Should I just know random bullshit
like that? is what he wanted to say. Instead, he just shrugged his
shoulders. “I honestly have no idea.”
    “That’s
helpful,” Trevor snickered.
    “Oh, and you
have a better answer, genius?” Simon asked, clearly irritated.
    “No, you’re
right. I’m clueless, too.”
    Anna and Sam
laughed. It was Anna who answered.  “Anish assured me that the Wendigos are
gone. And, assuming that none of us attempt to reconnect with those bastards, then
we shouldn’t have any new, unwelcome visitors from Hell. Or wherever it is they
came from.”
    “Good deal,”
Trevor said. He promptly sat down on the porch swing, joined by Anna and Simon.
They swung in relative silence.
    “It blows my
mind sometimes,” Simon said.
    “What’s that?”
Sam asked.
    “Like, did that
stuff really happen to us? I’m pretty smart, you know,” he said. He felt
slightly embarrassed for tooting his own horn. “But even in my wildest dreams,
I don’t think I ever really logically believed that all of this stuff
was real.”
    “Well it’s a
good thing you’re smart enough to know that logic can only take you so far,”
Sam said, a serious expression on his face. “You have to use your instincts and
your gut when you’re facing down Death.”
    Simon and Trevor
nodded gravely.
    “It blows my
mind, too,” Anna seconded.
    Trevor shifted
uncomfortably. “Am I stupid for suspecting that something is going to happen?”
    “Why would you
be stupid?” Sam asked.
    “Because I’m
thinking that Halloween is never going to be the same again.”
    “I think after
what we’ve been through, you’re not being stupid at all, honey,” Anna said.
    “I agree,” Sam
echoed. He turned and looked at his car, as if ready to leave. “Well, I just
wanted to share that piece of information,” he said quickly.
    “What’s going
on?” Tommy asked as he stepped outside. Trisha was on his heels. She folded her
arms across her chest.
    “Nothing at
all,” their mother lied. “Sam was in the neighborhood and dropped by for a
visit.”
    “That