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[Amanda Debusher]

"No," Amanda answered in a dreamy voice that suggested she was actually lost in her thoughts somewhere. "I feel it too."

In her mind she was reliving the morning. She had woken around five with a strange urge to visit her little sister. Knowing Lisey wouldn't be awake until much later, Amanda delayed her drive to Castle Rock until late morning. But she couldn't explain the urge, and that was a bit unsettling.

"When I woke up this morning, I knew I had to come here today. It was more than an urge. It was a calling," Amanda finally tore her gaze from the window and looked at Lisey. "How do you explain that?"

[Thad Beaumont]

Thad started his car with a shudder, happy to get out of the unsettling weather, if only for a few minutes. As he watched Lisey and Amanda drive by him, he inhaled deeply letting the breath out in a big sigh and smiling politely at the sisters as they passed. He still wasn't sure what restaurant they were speaking of, but he figured he would find out soon enough.

Wiping his hands on his khakis, he grabbed the steering wheel and turned out after them, following them slowly up the street. Thad couldn't help but glance back into the rearview mirror at his summer home. The last time he had remembered really looking at that street -- it had been covered in sparrows. A whole blanket of them.

He didn't want to think about that again though. Not if he didn't have to. Shaking the thoughts out of his head, he continued to drive, turning his mind back to the weather.