As I read over my work and I have no idea what's going on lol 😂 Honestly though, I have no idea what was going on in my head lol.

"Raymond?" Jillian asked as she kneeled in front of him.

He looked around with wild eyes, then smiled. "It worked! I thought of you guys and it worked!" He jumped up, forcing Jillian to stand in the process. Raymond looked up at them, since they were a good four inches taller. "Wow, you guys are tall. When I dreamwalk I usually make myself appear taller, but I never meet any of the people I dreamwalk walk with. Unless you count Kieran, who-"

"Raymond!" Grace interrupted. "Why are you here?"

"I- I just wanted to meet you," he replied, suddenly looking frightened. Jillian wrapped an arm around his shoulder.

"I, for one, am glad I get to meet you in real life. You want some hot chocolate?"

"Yeah!" They scampered off into the kitchen, Jillian sending Maddie, Grace, Preston, and Gavin a look that told them that she wanted to know everything that was said.

Preston crossed his arms and turned toward the group. "What are we supposed to tell your mom about this? What are we even supposed to do with him?"

"And what if he and Kieran had something to do with Grace being tortured and Gavin being kidnapped?" Maddie said.

"What?" Gavin and Grace asked.

"Don't you guys remember?" Preston wondered aloud, his voice laced with concern.

"I-" Gavin reached up and rubbed his temples. "I remember being somewhere away from you guys, but..." he trailed off and looked up as his hands fell to his sides. "Nothing else. It's like it is slowly being wiped from my memory."

"And I don't remember being away from you guys at all."

"Gavin, do you remember when you were crying and laughing at the same time?" Maddie asked as she too, crossed her arms.

He shook his head. "I remember standing and being dragged and everything you guys said, but nothing like that."

"What is going on?" Grace whined.

"Something isn't right," Preston agreed.

"And I have a feeling it has something to do with Kieran and Raymond... That's the bad stuff we're talking about, right?" Gavin looked around for confirmation.

The others sighed and they all started toward the kitchen, ready to get some answers from the kid that was tied to everything.