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By the Light of the Moon
"I'm sorry. I simply cannot do it. I can't go back to living with that fear."
"What about the fear these people are living with? What about the danger they face?"
"Don't you think I know what they are going through?" she said savagely.
"Do you have any idea what it's like to be afraid to go out after dark? You can't possibly know how it is too see a dead girl in your dreams. How can I explain to you how frightened I was of every shadow, thinking he might be lurking there, waiting to kill me?"
"Don't you see? I was house bound for a year and I didn't dare set foot outside when the sun had gone down for another year after that. Did you ever stand beside your door for minutes at a time because you are afraid of what you would see if you opened it? Have your hands shaken so badly when you did get in the car that you could barely get the key in the ignition? Have you lain awake all night long, sure that every creak or squeak in the house was the footstep of a monster coming to rip you apart?"