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CHAPTER 97: Fever
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2024-10-29 19:42:56TYSHA
I couldn't sleep, gosh! It felt like torture!
My mind kept replaying what my parents said that Rue was always sleeping on our porch. Even as dawn approached, sleep remained elusive. The thought of Rue out there in the freezing cold kept gnawing at me.
What if he's really there?
After agonizing over it for what felt like forever, I finally mustered the courage to get up and check.
Right! It’s not as if I’d die once I found no Rue outside our house.
I tiptoed out of my room, careful not to wake my parents. How would I even explain why I was checking the front door in the middle of the night?
When I reached the front door and checked the security camera, my heart sank. There he was, sitting on our porch like it was no big deal. My disbelief turned into a sharp pang in my chest.
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