Literature
The Spell
“Why am I here?” I thought. I was in the mall but I could not remember needing to buy anything. And I was standing in front of a women’s clothing store. The mannequin in front of me looked familiar for some reason. I’ve probably seen the mannequin before but I could not recall seeing it here before. I went home. Later, I was hanging out with a few friends. Something was off. There were seven of us but for some reason I thought there should be eight of us. Not sure why but I remember having this feeling before. I looked at everyone in turn and could not figure out why I thought someone was missing. “Tom? You okay?” Misty said to me. “What?” “You look like you’re thinking too hard.” “Oh, I just have this feeling someone is missing.” She looked at everyone in turn and said, “Nope, we’re all here.” “Didn’t Tom have this problem a month or so ago?” Allan said. “Yeah, he did,” Nan said. “About the month ago, you thought there should be nine of us. We’ve always just been seven