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2024-10-29 19:42:56I finish lacing up my sneakers and then I check the time on my phone. It's half-past seven. I frantically jump up and start stuffing things into my school bag. Usually, Klara yells for me I wonder why she didn't this time.
I walk over to her room and knock. No answer. I turn the handle and push the door but it doesn't open easily. I push it a little more enough for me to squeeze myself into the small gap.
When I enter the room I look to see what was jamming the door and it was a bookshelf. "What the hell is going on in here," I say looking at all the books and pages laying on the floor. When I look to the corner of the room I see my aunt sitting at her desk her lips move frantically while she reads.
"Klara?"
"Hey, hey Zel," she says looking up at me.
"Are you okay?" I question taking in the sight of her disheveled state.
"Yeah, I'm good how are you?"
"Frea
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