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No trace of doubt.
I stared at her, certain I had misheard. “No,” I said. “I heard him. I heard him cry.”
“You need to rest,” she replied.
I tried to get out of bed, my body weak and shaking. Someone called for a doctor. A hand pressed against my shoulder. A needle slid into my arm.
The world dissolved.
When I woke up, the room was quiet.
Too quiet.
My mother continue reading …
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