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She paused, wiping her eyes with her hands and blowing her nose on the back of her sleeve

"Was the best thing that happened to ht on a wave of déjà vu

I re frore, that tires asa bachelor

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Before I could think ain

"My daughter used to get scared sleeping alone, you know

She always tried to creep into our roo very bad one day

Stole a plate of food from the royal kitchens

My husband crushed her up for it

Didn’t want her bringing shalad he died," I said

"He was aif she was going to continue talking

Asme and my heart went out to her, I couldn’t help but s to drain her for infor

Now the woan snoring

I heaved a sigh of relief

Now the real work begins

I pushedas little noise as possible, and padded across the roorew louder by the second, and I hoped that she was a deep sleeper

I knelt down on the floor next to her and looked over her heaving body

I scanned her waist, looking for the key

It wasn’t on the side of her that was facingaround her body, I crouched down on her other side

The keys weren’t there either

Where in the world… My heart sank as I caught sight of a gli from her chest area

I knelt closer over her to spot the tip of the keychain--lodged securely beneath her shirt

Oh, great

I’d been hoping that once she’d fallen asleep--depending on how deep a sleeper she was--I’d be able to unfasten the keys from her waist and let e the

I sat kneeling for severalat the keys

When she hadn’t stirred at all for ten solidthat could possibly helpon the table

I crept over to them and slid one of theit slowly and steadily beneath her shirt until its tip had slid through the chain

My hands sweaty, I pulled up slightly to gauge just how lodged it was

Since she was lying on her side, it was lodged well and good

It didn’t budge an inch

I needed to get her to turn over so on her back it would probably be easier to pull out