DERRY, MAINE, 1962

You were friends with Lilly despite her being different, you found her more interesting than other people at school. She was quite after her father died, she wouldn’t talk about it, that drove her other friends away but you stayed, you always did.

You guys were gonna hang out after dinner but you saw Lilly in the car with her mother, she looked upset, scared, her mother looked numb, like she couldn’t look her daughter in the eyes. You saw them drive away and hours later her lither came back without Lilly

You heard people at school spreading rumours about how Lilly was sent to an asylum, you refused to believe it until her mother confirmed, you waited for her to come back for months, it took a year for her to come back, she came back on a random Monday, you saw her walking into school and you dropped your books in shock.