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All Cadence could do was stare at a spot on the wall behind Jamie’s head, trying to let all of it soak in. “It doesn’t make any sense.” Her voice was a whisper. “If he’s in there, why can’t he force his way out all of the time?”
“I don’t know. I don’t understand it at all. Has this happened before?”
“Yeah, Elliott said that it happened for a few seconds, a lot shorter than what you just described. He was in the lobby talking to Juan Diego. I feel like he was closer to being himself during my procedure. He stayed there the whole time, right? He even held my hand.”
“He did stay there the whole time, but he wasn’t himself. Every time I went in to check on you, I’d try talking to him, and he was rude, said he was too busy to chitchat.”
Her mind fuzzy with exhaustion, Cadence ran her hands down her face. “I don’t know, Jamie. I guess it&rsquo
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