“Charlie!” I wake up out of a dead sleep, sweating and panting. Mom’s voice echoes in my head. It’s almost as if she is in the room with me.

“Mom?” I say into the darkness of my room but nothing and no one responds. It sounded so real though. I look around the empty room and then fall back into the pillows. I sigh and try to close my eyes to sleep a little bit longer.

I’ve drifted off to sleep a few minutes later but the loud lock on the door startles ...