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47. Like a Dog
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2022-04-25 11:00:29Josh POV
I felt as though my entire body was a dead weight. I’d slept so deeply, I was sure I hadn’t moved once all night long. I may have been on the floor, but it was no worse than the so-called bed in my cell, or the ground I’d been sleeping on for the last few weeks.
I heard movement across the room and opened one eye to see Mulberry moving about in the kitchenette. I felt a weight on top of my head and turned to find Allie lying face down in the bed, her hand hanging over the side resting on my head.
What the? How did I end up next to her? I’d set myself up in the middle of the living room when I went to bed, and now somehow I’d made it across the room and was right next to Allie.
I sat up and tucked he
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