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night.
I checked on Sandro every hour.
Concussion protocol, I told myself.
But the truth was simpler.
I needed to see his chest rising and falling.
I needed proof he was alive.
Each time I cracked open the supply room door, he was either asleep or pretending to be. And each time, I left without making a sound.
By dawn, my eyes felt gritty and my hands would continue reading …
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