CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Oliver screamed as he tumbled through the portal. He couldn’t see Esther or Ralph anywhere, but then again the purple vortex they were shooting through was juddering unstably, making it hard to see much of anything. Oliver wondered whether jumping through had been a good idea after all. It felt like the portal may collapse any second. But then again, they hadn’t had much of a choice.
As he catapulted through the vortex, his hair flying messily around him, he caught sight of something very peculiar. Floating ahead of him appeared to be two sets of eyes. And then faces became clearer behind them. It was his parents! Appearing to him in a vision!
Oliver realized then he must have slipped into the subconscious part of his mind, the imaginary place he escaped to in time of st
