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Chapter Eighty Eight

Author: KL Jenkins
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Sebastian

Melody climbs into bed much earlier than usual, her face full of tears and her eyes bloodshot.

"What's wrong, baby?" I ask her as I read the bedside clock; it's three am.

"My arm hurts," she tells me. Sniffling to make a massive point that she's crying because of it.

She's stood beside my side of the bed; her tatty bunny teddy bear in hand as she wipes her cheeks.

I reach into my bedside table, taking out a bottle of ibuprofen and paracetamol that I keep for cases of needing them this late at night, and then I flick on the bedside light to draw the correct amount into the syringes.

Melody gasps, looking over my shoulder to Cassidy as I sit up and pool the bedding around my waist. Which reveals Cassidy lying beside me.

"I'm sorry I didn't ask if it was okay for her to stay," I admit, holding out the first syringe for Melody.

She takes the medication quickly, climbing in the bed beside me and crawling over me to sit between Cassidy and me.

"Here, some more, baby."

She takes t
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