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2025-02-01 16:09:11Morris's Point of View.
"Where is she?" Where is she? Where was who? I still struggled to keep my eyes shut. I didn't want to open them. I needed my rest. I needed all the rest I could get. My shoulder was still numb.
"Where is she?" I heard again. It took me a while to realize that it was Josie's voice. I immediately opened my eyes, standing up probably at the same time that Carson was.
"Where's who?" He threw the question back at her, making her look somewhat frustrated. Then it dawned on me. Annabel was not with us anymore. She was no longer there. Where was she?!
"Annabel. Annabel is nowhere to be found. I don't know, I woke up this morning and I didn't see here. She had just been a few... I don't understand what's going on here
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