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Chapter 9 - 9

"The sooner we figure this crap out, the sooner we can move onto things we actually want to do."

"Amen," Addy says. "Let's get this over with."

"Here," you say, pointing to one of the figures. His face is unnervingly unclear, but it looks like he's wearing jeans and a flannel shirt. "Not all of them look like they're in old-fashioned clothes. This one looks like he could have died any time between the 70s and now. Do any of you know who the last person people said got killed by the fog was? Before Rex, I mean."

They all shrug or shake their heads.

"We should find out who it was," Kirill says. "If it was recent, then that person might still have family or friends here. Maybe something similar has happened to them. Like the phone calls, and seeing the deceased person in the fog. It would be good if we could talk with them."

"One part of that vision I had was about Wyatt Michaels," you say. "So I was wondering if it might be him."

Addy's face suddenly changes and they groan. "Aw, Jesus."

"What?" you ask.

"I do remember who the person who died in the fog before Rex was. You're right, it was Wyatt Michaels."

"Michaels as in, like, Barry Michaels?" Diego asks.

"Yep," Addy sighs. "Wyatt was his dad. Official story was he died from a heart attack on the side of the road after having some car trouble on a foggy day, but there were indicators that maybe there was a struggle too, like someone attacked him. Cause of death was cardiac arrest though, that much I recall. I remember because Caleb and I were assigned to the same group project when his mom was dealing with that case and he kept bragging about how he had insider knowledge of a homicide because of that. You still think we should talk with the surviving family, Kirill?" Addy asks.

"Actually, yes," he says. "If you think it's not too dangerous."

"He's not going to like it if all five of us show up to interrogate him," Addy says.

You know you ought to volunteer to be the one to talk to him.