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gers as footsteps pounded down the hall.
in ten. Why haven't you or your sister been answering your phones and where is your mother? I've been trying to get a hold of her. Wait, thi
ambled on like Mom wasn
ed into the room with her hands covering her mouth and squeezing her nose. We had t
I instruct
d asked fr
to follow my orders, but she just held her hands
pened?" D
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sister jolted back to life
can't wake her up," I sp
yes. She removed one hand from h
mething was wrong with her this morning, but she said it was
waited for Suzie t
head. "Why's it busy, Case? I
her phone and handed Dad over t
wered when you called." Suzie's voice
ike to make a call, please ha
one to make sure I dialed the right
sy signal this time. Wha
n times and still wasn
can't get through?" I sc
oom and handed Mom's phone t
breath and flicked
th ga
ce as a punching bag. Her entire face w
mouth and her eyelids, gluing them shut. What kind o
ospital when he got here, but we n
said. "Go start Mom a cold ba
and ran into
for any breathing, but couldn't hear an
ed her nostrils, but it was barely there just like h
yanked the bedding down and my stomach fli
threw up all over M
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