Status Updates From The Junkyard Kids

I am completely and utterly confused now on the timeline. But more certain than ever that Xavier doesn't exist like the protag thinks he does.

So, I can already tell this book needs a little more editing - not much, but there are parts that could read a little tighter.

Xavier obviously isn't real - he's a ghost, a memory, a figment the protag uses to help himself function, something. But not real.

Creepy cop at the start is probably the serial killer. Or connected to him.