She opened her eyes. They focused on what she'd seen before she lost consciousness.
It was her little niece Sally, who was visiting her. But she was wearing Linda's clothes and makeup. It wasn't like she hadn't played dress-up there before, but the clothes actually seemed to fit her tiny body. And the makeup was applied like a pro, not in the messy way a little girl would normally.
Standing next to her was a stranger dressed in Jon's clothes, although this adult woman, who Linda recognized as Mikey's teacher, Lydia Warren, filled them out in a totally different way.
Cruelly, she didn't seem to be able to faint again and hope the nightmare ended when she woke again.
