Chapter 13- A Retelling
Cat told them everything. She started with the love of the movie A Nightmare on Elm Street, her dreams, her bad marriage, the deaths, everything. It felt good to her to get it all out in the open. Finally, someone was listeneing to her without asking bunches of questions, just being there for her. When she got to the part about her most recent nightmares, Jeremy stopped her.
"You mean to tell me, that you have been dreaming about this movie character, and things have really been happening?"
"Yup" Cat nodded. Charles and Jeremy looked at her with a look of disbelief at first, then it dawned on them what she had told them.
"Shit, what are we going to do. Is there really a Springwood?" Charles looked like he was going to panic.
"No, silly, I Googled it. But I do think something funny is going on here" was Cat's reply. "Look guys, it's late. How about you all crash here, we can take turns watching. If either of us look like we are in a nightmare, we can wake each other up. I will take first watch, you all get some sleep, we will get this figured out in the morning." Jeremy and Charles agreed. Cat went and got linens for the pull out couch and the guest bed. "Here you all go. I will wake you all in a couple of hours. It will be time to get up then anyway". The guys nodded and lay down.
About three hours later, Cat went and woke the guys up. Neither of them had had bad dreams. Charles was still hurting, but wanted to be the one to make breakfast.
"I have to call Mr. Harris guys, he will want to know." Cat told them.
Ring, Ring. Cat called her office. Mr. Harris's machine picked up and she left the message that Crystal and her would not be in. She also reminded him that her 2 weeks notice was on his desk, that she would like to be able to make that effective sooner if possible. She then went to her computer and emailed the details of what was going on to Mr. Harris. Later that day she would learn that Mr. Harris had planned on laying them both off that day anyway.
Cat walked back into the kitchen and helped set the table. Jeremy had just gotten out of the shower when she walked in. He was standing there talking to Charles. When Cat saw him, her breath hitched. He was muscular, tanned, smooth skinned. Obviously native American descent. Crystal had pegged her well when she had picked Jeremy for her. So much different than the man that haunted her nightmares. Cat imagined what it would feel like to be wrapped in Jeremy's strong arms. No doubt about it, she was attracted to him. She walked up to the counter and leaned against it, glancing at Jeremy the whole time…more like staring really. "So guys, where do we start?" Jeremy looked down at her and smiled. Cat thought she was going to melt.
"Well" said Charles, turning around to put French Toast on the plates, "I think we should research the background of the movies, and if there really was a Springwood, OH at one time. You said that in your previous dreams that the 'Freddy' you saw said something about a cover-up. What if you dreamed some of the truth, and he just manipulated what he told you about himself. It would make sense as to why the murders of your kids and ex were the way they were."
Jeremy nodded "And if it was a big scandel back then, they would still try to hide it", he added.
Cat sat down and started eating, contemplating what they were saying. "So how do we do this, though. It's not like we can track down Wes Craven and just ask him questions, ya know."
Charles agreed, "However, Cat, he said he based his 'Freddy' character on a spate of child abductions, molestations, and murders that happened in LA in the '70's." Charles paused to let the news sink in.
Jeremy piped up, "What if the killer was really the "Springwood Slasher", and the story that Wes told was true? Maybe the newspapers changed the location because it would be more 'acceptable' for someone like that to be in LA, than in small town America. I mean, come on, NOTHING ever happens in Ohio. There would be our Freddy Krueger."
Cat looked at the two of them, "So we go to the library here in town and start there?" The guys nodded. "Well", Cat said pushing herself out of her chair. "Let me go get changed, and it's off to the library we go".