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suffer with your loneliness

I finally fell asleep only to be woken by a

gentle and then loud knock on my door At first I

thought it was part of a dream Then I sat up and

heard it again

"Yes?"

Daddy poked his head between the door and

jamb "I hate to bother you, Olivia, butwell, your

mother's worried, too"

"Worried? Why?"

"It's nearly three in theand Belinda

has not come home"

"That never worried you before," I said sharply

He hesitated

"Yes, well, considering what happened" "We aren't supposed to talk about it, Daddy," I