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They kept staring at her with questioning looks making her even more alarmed and suspicious. She wondered if they had found her out. She started racking her brain on how to explain to them the mess she had gotten herself into.

“You seemed to be lost in your sleep” Clay said with an amused look on his face.

“What?” Mary asked looking around confused.

“Do you know now long we have been standing here? We almost thought you had gone into a coma” her mum said.

“Or even dead” her brother chipped in.

“Alright everybody, let’s go out for prayers” her dad said before taking the lead.

All through the prayers, Mary sat staring into space, too carried away in her thoughts to know anything that was going on. Much to her delight the prayer was a short one and ended quickly.

Mary carefully went back to her room to start getting her things ready, she would be going back to Adonis Scott later in the day. She noticed the bangle on her hand, she felt like taking it off then changed her