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CHAPTER HUNDRED AND FORTY - FORGIVE YOURSELVES, PEOPLE ARE DYING.
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forgive yourselves, people are dying.
“The total death count of the coronavirus has risen well above one million with about seventy million confirmed cases in what is suspected to be a third wave—”
I stepped out of the hospital, letting the harsh evening winds hit my face. I adjusted her ear phones which were connected to listen to a podcast, as i scaled the parking lot for Ayodele.
Aaliyah had sent me looking for him after leaving for something in his car for about an hour and a half.
“In other news, Americans fear that a new deathly strain or variant of the covid-19 could very much pose a threat to the effectiveness of the vaccines. Moving over to a health worker from the John Hopkins Medical Center, Jason Ahaba—“
I pulled out my earpiece, allowing me to focus on his car that was s
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