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94. Your baby

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King Charles

Time was funny these days. I didn’t think any time was passing, and yet it was never the day I thought it was. Byles said it’s a side effect of the tumor.

The tumor. Yes, that’s what the problem was. I had a tumor in my brain, and it was making me sick. I had to get over it. Does one get over a tumor? I wasn’t sure anymore. Words were becoming harder and harder for me to wrangle into submission.

I awoke and Alexander was sleeping next to my bed again. Again? Had he done this before? I felt like the answer was yes but couldn’t remember any time other than right now.

Knox. Adrian. My other sons. Where were they? I only remembered seeing Alexander recently. I had other sons. And a daughter. She was pretty, my daughter, just like her mother. Her mother had been so beautiful. I’m glad the girl took after her.

Alexander woke up and jumped when he saw that I was still awake. “Father. How are you feeling?”

It took extra effort to get the words out. “I feel okay, all things conside
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