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"Why doesn’t it surprise me that you’re already awake? It’s your last day before school starts back up; you should be sleeping in"

"Hello to you too, Maht Hey, Ma, I need your help on so up, and I don’t knohat I should do I’ I should buylike food, drinks, or medicine?"

"Cassidy?" She couldn’t hide her surprise in that one word "Shouldn’t Tyler be helping her if she isn’t feeling well?"

"Uhlong story short?"

"Sure" She sighed, letting ive her the full version later

"He brought hoht"

"He what?! Are you sure?"

"Ma, yes I’m sure I even asked him myself But that’s not the worst part He locked her out without her phone or keys or anything and she ended up walking toreally bad and she was in her pajairl Is she okay? You said she’s burning up?"

"Yeah" I blew out a deep breath and tapped ht turned green again "She’s in sweats and I cranked the heater up really high last night She said she’s cold but she’s bright red and really, really hot"

"Just get the thermometer for now, and some NyQuil Call ht, thanks, Mama, love you"

"I love you too Bye-bye now"

I ran into the drugstore and got the most expensive thermo back to the house I’d only been away from Cassidy for maybe twenty-five minutes, and there was no doubt she orse than when I’d left I could feel the heat eain

"Cass, wake up, let’s take your teroaned and pulled both co to wake her up while I tore open the box She finally nodded when I showed her the thermometer and I slipped it into her mouth While I waited, I touched her cheeks and forehead and had to stifle the urge to yell at the da to hurry up I’ able to torture people with the wait Not able to sit there doing nothing, I called Maht she was hot earlier, she was on fire now Finally the stupid torture device froently but swiftly took it froe Michael Carson!"

It took me a second to realize what happened "Sorry, ma’am, but it says one-oh-five-point-two What should I do?"

"Take her to the hospital right now If she stays at that teo into a coma"

What?! "Okay, I’ll talk to you later"

"Call , you hearup and scooped Cassidy in my arms; she’d already fallen back asleep and didn’t so much as move until after I already had her in the ER And then it was only to start shaking uncontrollably, and I wished I would have thought to bring one of the comforters with me, or at the very least put the sweatpants back on her I’d never had to take care of so awesome job

I LOOKED UP when I felt a hand onhere, Ma I didn’t have a clue as to what I was doing" I raked a hand through hed when I looked back over to Cassidy, as asleep inyou could"

"If I would have just taken her as soon as she got here--"