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"Cass, I fkin’ adore her She’s everything toher down too"

Lifting otta get to my Pix"

Rome took Levi’s arm "Stay with us, kid"

Molly stood and put her arm around Levi’s shoulders, but Levi looked back at me "Mamma and Lexi are both here, Austin" His eyes dropped to the floor "What if we lose them both?"

I walked to Levi and looked hionna lie to you, kid Ma But Pix…" I took a long, deep breath andI can to get through to Pix"

Levi’s bottom lip quivered, and he whispered, "You swear?"

I exhaled "Lo guiro"

Practically running froot to room fifteen The door was shut, and my breath came hard

Three steps

Three steps until I was through that door

Three steps until I faced Pix… ht look like circled myI was thinking could have preparedat the girl on the bed The girl that was no more than a skeleton with skin, black hair patchy and thin and her lips a pale blue and lifeless

Machines were beeping around her, and bags of liquid were poking out of her skin I didn’t think I could take seeing her like this, but sucking up sos to move one step at a time

One… two… three… four…

Tears blurred my eyes as I stared at Pix on the bed Il mio piccolo folletto rotto… My broken little pixie