(With Sam and Andrew's group.)

They walked for a while through the streets of the town. During that time they found absolutely nothing... Apart from something strange that I'll tell you about later.

- Hey Andrew. - Sam asked. - Are you sure the conclusion Mat came to is right?

- I don't know, but... It seems to be right, up to a point.

- You're referring to the relationship of curses and accidents, right?

- That's exactly right.

- So... Well, but we still haven't found anything...

- Right...

They kept walking until they came to a corner where there was a traffic light and also a phone booth. They stood there for a moment, thinking about what they were going to do. There were several people walking around there at that hour, also a moderate amount of cars were passing by (it was six o'clock).

- Hey, Andrew.

- Yes?

- ...(And the shadow chasing you... doesn't he know where we could look?) - said Sam in a low voice. Yes, quiet voice is in parentheses in case you didn't notice. Well, Sam spoke that way so no one would hear her, so they wouldn't look at her in an unpleasant way.

- (Well... No.)

- Why?

- ...(He hasn't been separated from me for years, I'm afraid of that, but it's true.) - Andrew answered her.

- ...(I understand.)

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While they were talking, a boy, with brown hair, dressed in a white polo shirt, with long sleeves, and blue shorts, with a ball, passed by. He was playing near the street. Sam noticed this and approached the boy, saying:

- Hey, it's not okay to play with the ball near the cars, it's dangerous and you can get hurt, could you go play somewhere else, pretty please? - she said it in a voice that felt warm... yes, something like that.

- Ok, Miss. - the boy replied and walked away from the track.

Sam returned with Andrew.

- Whew... These kids... - said Sam, she seemed to be... tired?

- You were scared and embarrassed to talk to that kid, weren't you?

- Of course not! - Sam shouted.

- Well... I believe you. - he said in a mocking tone.

- Hey! Hmph. - crossed his arms.

At that, the boy went back to playing with his ball near the edge of the sidewalk and, as he bounced it on the ground, it bounced out into the street... The boy chased after it. Sam didn't notice it this time. The people walking by didn't notice either because they were minding their own business, but Andrew did notice it.

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The boy, already on the street, started to approach the ball, but...

- Hey, watch out! - shouted Andrew, as he ran up to the boy, who, at that moment, was about to be hit by a car. That happened because Andrew was a little late in reacting. At that moment, in the other lane, there were no cars nearby, although the closest one was about fifty feet away.

- !

"What the heck am I doing?"

Before the car hit the boy, Andrew jumped up and was propelled by the shadow to reach the boy and push him away from being run over.

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The car had hit Andrew. After that, the man who was driving the mobile got out of it and approached Andrew. The people around were watching what had happened.

- H-hey, are you okay? - the man said, scared and then... He just got hit by a car, how can he be okay? Well, he might be. - It's just that they came out of nowhere and...

- Yes, yes, I'm fine! - said Andrew, who had a bruised body and a bleeding head wound. It wasn't that good, but well... - But... Is the boy all right?

- He is! - said Sam, who was with the boy, who only had a small scrape.

A lady who was watching called an ambulance from the phone booth.

- Young lady, I just called an ambulance.

- Thank you, ma'am. - Sam said, addressing the lady, who was standing on the corner, about ten meters away.

After a while, the ambulance arrived. They inspected the condition of Andrew and the boy, confirmed that the boy was fine, but took Andrew away to help him in better condition. Sam went to the phone booth, told her grandparents about what happened to Andrew and what she was going to do: accompany the boy until his mother returned.

As it was, she stayed there with the boy. His mother didn't show up, so she decided to accompany him to her house, which was somewhat nearby. As they walked, Sam noticed that the boy had some kind of dark aura, like black flames, on his chest.

- What? - Sam wondered, after getting a good look. She was frightened. "But... How did this happen?"

- Miss? - asked the boy.

- Ah, nothing, nothing. - Sam answered him, returning to a calmer face, as she was somewhat nervous about being with someone she didn't know and worried about what she had just seen.