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CHAPTER 29
That night dragged on like a relentless virus - slow, agonizing and painful.
I didn't sleep - I couldn't sleep. The spirits wouldn't let me - they were all around me, watching me. Mama must have welcomed them into our home in addition to letting them into her heart. But it wasn't just the spirits I felt (they were a quiet and respectful bunch), but the thought of Hezekiah running through my mind that made it impossible to sleep. I sat on the bed, hands shaking from anxiety, neck pulsing in pain, wondering what was happening to him. Did his lungs still feel like they were filled with boiling oil? Did he still struggle for breath?
Throughout the night, I kept trying my methods of escape, hoping that the latch on the door would unlock or the window would open. But still, they re
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