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Chapter 33: A Wake Up Call
Sitting on the cold, hardwood floor, I stare at my nephew’s half rotted corpse as the smell fills my nostrils and makes my stomach churn. The ironic thing about all this, is that now the enticing aromas from downstairs, mix with the pungent odor from his rotting corpse and make the bile in my stomach fill my mouth. I start to gag, but I don’t care and still sit there staring because his body is in remarkably good condition for one that has been rotting for almost a year.
Hearing a knock at the door, I casually glance over at it before returning my gaze to his almost mummified body slumped over. Just as I shake my head, I hear it again, but the noise is muffled and sounds like I am underwater. I can only assume that I am in shock, because when Sharon opens the door and walks in, I freeze.
Knowing that if she finds the body, I am toast, I try to move but find that I am stuck in place. “What is going on?” I say quietly, so she d
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