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Prologue

Seb

Ahem Ahem Acchhh-chhemmm

I yanked the pillow further down on top of , God-awful, “this close to punching you in the balls” sound of

Accchhheh Acck

I dug ers into the pillowcase andso hard

Aheh

My left eye began to twitch, the non-stop spas as Henri “Ahe in the bed next to er out of the co over the kid’s mouth, then pump that bastard until the per out of Henri’s overtaxed lungs

Aheh

Oh God A wave of exhaustion sla so hardof which… twitch, twitch, twitch That damn left eye continued its little dance, the one it did whenever the stress levels got to be tootirew exponentially worse whenever Mr Mucous fell into one of his hacking spells

Despite not believing in spiritual oo bullshit, I was so desperate for sleep, I even went so far as to attempt a ridiculous relaxation technique one of the dozen interchangeable counselors showed me I closed his eyes…twitch, twitch, twitch