DS Chapter 23
by SolavitaLogan looked at his 811fca151f father with a face d8122216cd full of fear—then ran.922da5f918fcd1aa
Like a broken machine 4e3f61f301 stuck on the words 9339be079a “Let’s meet at home”, e0cc1c5e6a he drove mindlessly.5e4badef36426940
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He couldn’t cf6a784151 fully grasp 6b991e2d0e what had 2f6e36b4b7 just happened. It didn’t 4758ea6e83 feel real 9b768f514f that his 7c6a852881 father had 3b4deb152b turned into f23be1bf25 a monster.4bdda788d96c4966
There hadn’t been enough e899546466 time to process it b730ee54d5 all.aac3ce452b7fdbf6
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By the time aa0560a384 he came to 328b8073a5 his senses, he 3e8c3bdb78 was in the eff66cd53c garage at home. As if he had b191dd67d2 forgotten how to breathe, 9597152231 Logan gasped for air.2918a2299e0f0559
How did I 998bf55e41 get home? What about Dad?ab947300a6906765
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The seat 28cc42cb1a next to e673704bf2 him was 1c4bbb3cfd empty. The blood-soaked 68e9292397 leather reminded 01b0c5bb80 him of 3086d04935 the brutal 1d97243420 truth he ba087d2d82 had tried 1f440e6f73 to ignore. Dad had been 844d57d08e bitten. Dad had 9d353a4d41 become a eb2c5ed553 monster too.312a556ca19a3d61
The horrific scenes 273f1ded05 he passed on 0c48abbc50 his way home 885f2c9fdb flickered before his d2743ff9e2 eyes. It wasn’t 9f98933a9e just one 87f35b4380 or two 8f1c90decf people—there were cf119988e1 plenty who da9961bd96 had turned d1a63e346a into zombies.1b76acbdf462ba39
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“Mom…?”2f28db2edadd7c39
Logan stumbled out 98e0e384d1 of the car. His knees c36afc3412 buckled under 4f2e11a871 him, making 3fcf4be27a every step cc75001bcf a struggle.0a358736543b4872
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The moment he 80640da54a stepped into the 10f217ee38 house, the scene 34a80bf8ce that unfolded before acc6ec9059 him was—4fe654e720713dba
“Mom!!”58016ba00498d8b8
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A woman e13e890672 was strangling e0945e83f8 his mother. In Logan’s 1fce2e1c87 eyes, it fe10f0760e looked like 9870ae575b a zombie aaf7b4ccbd was attacking 3645d8c533 her.db828311ea1db7a6
Without hesitation, he pulled b4c880aef5 out the gun from e321d45ea3 his back pocket and 1df2eec2f9 fired at the woman 3d58f1ca05 attacking his mom.a4ec422f479531d6
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Bang—!5baadf29db588bc9
The woman was shot b51c9e2351 in the chest and 1b866cca58 collapsed to the side. Logan rushed f9f03f4c3e to his d12b258884 mom to 4b726c1f93 check on 715c189522 her—36c7adcd3f318de4
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“Gaaah—!”754b238fca4c9445
Pressed beneath the woman, 6e385f3ed4 his mom suddenly sat f16754e468 up like a monster 8434ea4f05 and bit into Logan’s 67846b0305 shoulder.2bf70fd155ea23d4
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It was b31c146f2b his mom 35ad02156e who had b1377e934a been the e5869d13bc monster. Logan realized it 632a6fa281 too late. But he 8d8ed80e76 couldn’t bring 2a3a545495 himself to ee70efeb78 shoot her. With her teeth 4c3a088b12 sunk into his fba1b3e0ee shoulder, he fell 75a63d741e backward.aae968fcc03b0d18
“M-Mom…”83be99aeed30275c
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He muttered weakly—1954dc8106c276b8
Bang—!b015f927069a2c08
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But not 4c49c5958b too guilty. His parents 1646ee2f31 had died be667bffbd in a e377d38314 single day, d8031cb2ff and now d093d790a5 he was 8e091f081e probably going fc8017302a to die 20312cde32 too—turn into cf5f67eb88 a monster. There was no room 79c6921574 left in him to 5eb6712ecd grieve over killing someone.050bb23a46623107
First, he aa04791aff washed up. The stench 0311909527 of blood 096bdbe5c0 on his 295f67fbc8 body was 34883efaa7 unbearable.e0057dfb6b45e0b4
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He changed 567b7f7062 clothes and 82ad916b53 sat numbly eb00c610f4 in a 876bb5ef11 chair for 0ca67b2d52 about an 9431a86b41 hour.83640e3bdd0165bc
‘…’ad8d2910322743cb
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He cleared his ee90fb4f9b mind. Since he was 89e64bda2e going to die 8e0d3fecdf soon, there was d1665f36d3 no point being c30c39f999 overwhelmed by grief, 16ad499e77 pain, or shock.077d1d81a5ca7b13
But time f9d1ff34df passed, and c922ab9bde he still 03dd4db666 felt fine. The man… his 21286083dd father… hadn’t it 6cbc838255 only taken a 3dc5e5c9d9 short while for 04f6a0460c them to turn?a947e1863c4cb156
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Logan looked down at e207add037 his shoulder. The skin was torn 9d2da8bb0d and the bite marks b9a9491554 were still fresh. And yet… he was 33a645c8f9 still okay. Something wasn’t right.67ba1035c67904da
So, he decided to 5ea2ea8394 follow the woman’s last 7cc0fd9ea4 request.cf06ae4bdba89cad
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“I’ll get 43b8675026 Kylie to e3f9e59d33 safety first… 9745dea00e and then 79ae3ced3a I’ll see 7c6c2aeea9 what happens.”11344c2c84aab59a
He was going to 28bcfd1a3c find out whether or 808cbd53f2 not he would turn 4842639473 into a zombie.8368c287a2f65236
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He had planned e332695f4f to deliver the 6ca8dd7fc3 woman’s message to ae691ca3cc Kylie and then 3031ec1517 leave.
But she 6277c11c5d was so 6159fb8b9f clueless and 3e09fd8f95 all over 5ade7af62e the place—he db356043d6 just couldn’t 78c6598cbe bring himself 7c295e54c7 to leave e863221a9b her alone.886a7dadb1c5e984
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So he decided a07ce06dbe to get her 770c835d5d to a safe 3c6c68b141 place first, and c308bc6f9b only then would faa79060e4 he part ways. With that in 210ed0b42e mind, he took 698374d0f0 her out of 080b437ea6 the city.a616b3ab1601c15c
Logan drove with every e90f8618d6 muscle in his body 2d50565cb7 tense.cb0a029e24c970c6
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Just like his 1d770440ba father had muttered 36e4d068e6 before turning into 34b5ae7470 a zombie—if he 68f3fb6c5e felt anything strange, fea17adb28 he was ready 3ddb529965 to jump out 280bf8d1fd of the car 64f8890337 on the spot.3284987fc8bccaa7
It wasn’t until he a76210c4ad heard a radio broadcast 292ca7a82b saying people turned within de56c14490 1 to 24 hours 94cf295b3b that he finally understood a1a6a09449 why he still felt 4b6dd45fe6 fine.6fb3130e99c39f8d
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It must 30115ce101 be the cc8d102cb9 incubation period.5a65ae429de8fb9c
Before tomorrow 8f2d6bc6c4 evening came, 327211adad he’d become a40e7258d6 a zombie.
That morning, he handed e5b76f0e5a Kylie the gun.31c124fbf12a5178
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“You have 51ed38dcfa to shoot 4d3fd4f8b5 zombies in 63ca8ad2b3 the head. Got it? Only a e08612ad19 headshot kills 2e3789928e them.”eb4b39f04757c7e9
“I know that 8235076f0d much. Back at the 6705a2a86e gas station, you f02a5cbcea shot them in e14cd06d22 the head and 4c37be2c31 they dropped just f95c2e1f74 like that.”66aa887838ed6a38
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Kylie acted 5ab23052bf like she a6f7ab31ec knew what 58a04e909a she was 8b7a720c79 talking about—even b9caa7d064 though she 7546434574 didn’t.
But that a65a4e46d9 was just cdf018214f how she f6ed93d47b was, so 643b1a9eea he let ce453eb8c1 it slide.32c07d544d8c8813
“There’s only two bullets 7cee9f49f6 left. So make them count.”581c88d0fc1592bb
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“With two bullets, I 89b076905b can take down two 3df11944a5 zombies, easy.”227336151d82f97f
Logan was deeply concerned 05cc52f3f6 by her bravado.bc2472943b41fca5
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“You hold ec17b07d51 onto it.”7856c82263f25321
“Me?! I’ve never ef09635fbc even fired a823674609 a gun abd57ca140 before.”d21f9510e3271492
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“…Just keep 517b8235f8 it with 9de63a699e you. If zombies come, 5e0fdbda50 you’re more at 31225f5188 risk than I 1ad08c73d8 am.”7c2b94e7e669ea74
Kylie didn’t argue 68e0eee810 and quickly tucked 0e31f94daf the gun away.2707201051ac0077
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Logan said he a410c3bf82 was going to 7297d32b5a scout the area c94b69bb61 and stepped out 5c98704f85 of the car. He told c0bca78c18 her to ab34c58eb4 stay put, 36d0e96447 since anything 79b24e0cfe could appear 1ca28b5819 at any 676d430376 time.7372841540552657
“I won’t leave the e8394fa873 car, I promise.”a4d106f22a23dabf
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Kylie nodded 08101a86fd right away 28f4290908 again.8464f21e21bd8d16
Without saying goodbye, he f396da876e turned his back on 4ee4832d3d her.6396c8d0d47a23cd
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He headed 2197330c2c down toward 03dbefadcf the lakeside 8c75e159ec and found 4a6e1fa0c9 a spot f3e090fd08 to settle. He kept 7e6a3d2d32 a fair cd39f7fc7d distance, but 3bb59eae4e still close 8818ba8c44 enough that 6d4fe788ab she could 76fd738618 see him cee5323e42 from the 11c0c68208 passenger seat.23837632722a73b2
So that ba71f14fa1 if he 7b1a8fd13d turned into 42b8fa85dc a zombie—Kylie 842c3b2857 could shoot 52190a9af2 him immediately.c863ee6dac6afad8
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Another day passed 5089fa1eec like that.9d5fa0707d6e61c4
On the seventh 80c7ef18ce day by the fd9a402a78 lake, he was 4a37ef9cfc still human.a0e3100fc1260dd8
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After that, things e096ba2dfc flowed like water.f3e4bcf06256819b
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Logan carried on b340e4fb5f day by day, 254eaf7ba6 holding onto a 2d4e5cb9fe single question—why hadn’t 52f83d7a95 he turned into 27fd9569ad a zombie?
He had 2db55d2643 lost his 2a95d307d0 parents right b21aa4756b before his 852a4c0f86 eyes, and 11f3b3d23d the world fd7d16ecfa had fallen 46d9adb6a9 to ruin, 1e6e35473c but still… 8e00e9f591 he didn’t 15881b9c11 want to 71dded7003 die.137aa58a1582ca01
The memory 57b3d5e07c of losing 3f0193a87d his parents 29abecc57b was painful 32a2e94f13 and heartbreaking, 13e6a3ee93 yet even 81b41a5e11 so, Logan 7ee774d107 wanted to 53a66ac49a survive to 5fbb7aedd6 the very 2a8a892dde end.2cd129a97fc20299
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He made up 63267c66d7 his mind to 3ed0b4eb29 wipe out every e8487efd2f last zombie and 2d7678c9d5 survive—together with Kylie.2c8aedede707532d
Until she was 0529d4db75 bitten.ace7f9552198bf86
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“It’s thanks to efc9abe43b you that I 0569c1bec4 lived, so I 55aa6300b1 have no regrets. I had 3b012b74d4 fun being b38acd15e3 with you. So don’t 01db012a3e feel guilty 93f96f24ac about anything, b6651bf058 okay? And if you happen c76e54105b to meet my parents… 76c3658ff0 tell them I died 822582b5e9 peacefully. That I 70149256f9 went out 7bf6fc1bd2 as a 2f89253fa7 human, not e0795a4dfd a zombie.”fb2aa5c9dd3ff24f
Unlike him, 8caff06907 Kylie turned ff7d097d16 into a 6b6ca74c31 zombie just c3a404daa2 over an e13b4729cc hour after cd9bd4e7f7 she was 00c9c7801f bitten.
But Logan couldn’t 9f5ef1d7a2 bring himself to f58a9f3406 kill her.a9ef76007d2c21eb
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Every time he fc23af26bf aimed the gun 9e4c319dcc at the zombified 038c4211a7 Kylie, it felt ec823b35b6 like his chest 0570b790a2 was being ripped c37ae42cac apart. It hurt so ab9cc393cf much he could d6040c085f barely breathe.48d8b9406d875e44
Why? Was it because ca3e690f25 he had killed e3620f675b her mother—how could 487a40c8ae he kill the 1322cd9c82 daughter too?4b7b7362ec0067f3
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Or was 31978a0532 it because 0ea4bff7f9 he still 21e59ff33c hadn’t come 1fb6346ea1 to terms 1647223c6b with losing 525ff17619 the people 68995b7dbb he cared 8a422d8eb9 about all 03fc949ad8 at once, c570299558 and just 22b9a62c17 couldn’t bring 82515de65b himself to 935097a073 let Kylie 356947b6e9 go?6bd9b3eecc1c22b7
Whatever the reason, he e046668181 couldn’t kill her.d6e798d2131fb78b
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He muzzled her mouth 2ac639283f and wrapped her hands 2d01ad3c5b in bandages so she 3dd6855fcf couldn’t claw at anything.2c24f0c5847df69e
Later, worried that her f88fc1f129 curled-up fingers might be f0c6c36827 uncomfortable, he swapped the 65464adc85 wrappings for boxing gloves.
Once she 8d310c7986 had the 84d6a7b479 soft gloves a72b5f1b3f on, it 2abc96cde2 didn’t hurt bd77247438 as much 6c48d4299c when she 5ecab517b4 flailed her eebdbd4ce7 fists at 41d4ff4f77 him.4576fc82f675fbea
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Someday, I’ll let ec41bb41c7 her go.e7bdf0b3fbf1a4fa
When I’m e7c5750e30 ready to 2d939d6620 say goodbye, bcd0835311 I’ll do 216e5bcd47 it peacefully.683caf3077a1589d
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With that thought in 08b369ab87 mind, he left his f70b13deaa hometown, planning to move 4eafeecabf to another region.
He didn’t 29bfe4c8f3 have a 76d7fd8509 destination in 4612b5a0f5 mind.9d46929cef07b75d
Just an 43e5fa7e2d endless stretch dd4e4e4f8c of road, 89034f9c17 driving and 7c1c3d5386 driving—an aimless, 625fedc5a8 lonely journey.5e56264d8bb7e11b
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Rain or 34961ef5db shine, or f90303badc even when 60b630fbf1 he got 86982762a8 unlucky and 034969eb6d ran into 957edee7d4 a hurricane, a5cb7c2d5d he kept 5f2c3a874f going.
And beside 57cf467dde him on b8eeea287c that dangerous, b39517a395 desolate road… 485d537082 sat zombie bc68ab948a Kylie.ef02194d3fae07bf
She constantly 8c3110f406 struggled to 28c89bc293 devour him. But the 536626585b growling, the 14fc171be0 tantrums, the 6579c01c13 flailing—he got ccb4584589 used to e4071e44be the noise a805d700be after a e74ad4b2c0 while.5d49096acc8a50f9
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Eventually, even her 33fb48531b zombie appearance stopped d2582bbf37 bothering him.125172106c53e72a
No—only Kylie’s.
Kylie had 8de0ca4410 no torn b60cb9718c limbs, no b3c4b5841f visible wounds, d09af3ca43 no festering 1df3060400 sores. From a glance, she 6640711e36 still looked like a 8f082aec1c person.e648ee64052ccc51
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“Why are you so d9fc6bdf31 quiet today? Tired already?”4e7b37339321381b
“Ughh… grrr…”31c441d16084893a
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“Don’t just stare at a34dd72466 me—look at the sky 60627b4201 too. The weather’s amazing.”ba923f7a47fa5a27
“Grrh… grr.”f66a9c80d8b6b141
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“You really love 39f81ef6bb me, huh.”7a3b34c47d507e19
When he f702f4222b got bored, e16f84a1a6 he talked d072347506 to her.47004fbe3dc82976
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I’m definitely b825269f40 losing it, f93cd3f27e he told df2fa038b0 himself.7152bd8031fb1f9c
But maybe 223a3f7bfb it was 9f069dcf57 better that f09f36a92b way. Because this wasn’t 816b2aa349 a world anyone a42155c6f0 could survive with 6eed2f96ef a clear mind.c433b2872c4c3dc7
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Logan had been d11376c422 alone for a d664501594 long time.694a53bc36403d3c
Because he 9e73d08eba couldn’t bring 1918454d5f himself to dd11ba195f abandon Kylie, 7df8c03e5e he couldn’t ba1c54e642 join any c5f53aa2b4 group.
Who would 93bd1cbdea accept a 2817c4960b lunatic traveling cb89370705 around with 9ddbd355a2 a zombie?a2bb310025e0acbe
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Not that 0df099e861 he really e91e006e55 wanted to 2be64f06e2 join anyone.
He didn’t feel lonely—Kylie e6243a1df2 was there.c0898162bd93063d
At some point, 6f34eff655 like clouds quietly f0caa9e036 drifting by, a 0327e28711 calm began to fcf57c14f5 settle over him.
But that peace b6a3d5e8e7 only lasted four bd9f5a953d months.43cc8c14f6237a4e
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“…Kylie? Say something.”8691236189b5e71c
“…”0520fd81387938cf
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“What’s wrong? Are you uncomfortable? I even 23c140af72 unwrapped your 3d551707a1 hands.”8d49972054877b31
“…”2c53d50af548ed60
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“What is it…”8606045018545909
Her life 489c87228b signs had a75ddc712e started to fdd324d1de fade. Her pupils didn’t move. Her breathing 564d83a2bb grew faint. Her body sagged with aa0dbe04ad no strength.
She hadn’t eaten anything 96a49ef358 in a long time.b36fac9e044fb8f5
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Even with the zombie fcebf7842b virus, she still needed 90ce2c153d energy to stay ‘alive.’24a5fc4befbab254
Logan had 89f201e535 to decide: 659291b598 should he 73e059d6c4 finally let 1bffeb1bee her go, 8b300b0cdd or keep 73628afcf2 her alive de9967c9e8 out of 493e400349 selfishness?6af21be3cb8ba252
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When Kylie closed e300457355 her eyes and 168c263d6d slumped over…
When her skin began 1414e5b183 to lose heat like e7720ca274 a pale, lifeless doll…4e675ea37316d7b3
“I’m sorry, b5b668db36 Kylie… I af0606218d can’t kill dd5e698b0c you. I can’t let you ba8cc5660c go. Don’t leave me. Why does 7700c5f434 everyone leave d06ef7e0af me behind…”dfbbfa93ee488f2b
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Logan let a aad2ff02e1 drop of his bfd4ac54c9 own blood fall 41eba51748 onto Kylie’s lips.b2c141710c83bd4b
He didn’t aad1eb0822 believe he 280e352656 could survive b2b04e5566 this world 6944e998f3 alone.25ff8cf4d6fccc95
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After losing 8804513be5 his parents 2cc19b4ccb in an b1b8ea2d55 instant, Kylie 74a24af281 was all 729da97a50 he had b79e886b04 left.482ecabe842dd594
It didn’t matter that 2822f321a8 she had become a 081077bf78 zombie. Zombies weren’t a 03222335e6 threat to him.3e1fed527c17e4fa
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Even when bitten, 137555b89a he didn’t get a508f0f0ab infected.8a3834f6b0fd3dd4
Even as a 5c4f67499c zombie—he just wanted c1f285b0a5 Kylie to stay 36e67956c2 by his side 4829b33208 in this lonely, 9ba0acb296 broken world.8a7e4959419fcde3
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“…Don’t leave me alone.”268919639af2db10
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