Jackson woke up with a slick smile showing his pearly white teeth. He stretched long and slowly, creating a yearning for me to yawn. I looked at him as his mind adjusted to being awake versus still dreaming in a wonderland of fluffy clouds and zero gravity. His face clicked in realization that he had finally awoke and he proceeded to tell me something disturbing.
He said, "Naomi, I had the craziest dream. I was down in hell, but I was an adult. I had an office and demons had to do whatever I said. I even had a secretary, but she hardly wore any clothes. It was wild."
My face dropped, I failed to hide the horror of what he had just told me. I was concerned that he was not dreaming but maybe living some sort of alternate reality. When he was awake, he was my little brother. Young and fun and clueless about the evils of the world. When he was asleep, he telephoned into the adult Jackson commanding legions
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