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"How do you think this would look if they came to visit and found you like this today? How do you think this would reflect onaafter one crippled girl? It would be a terrible embarrassment Grant would wonder if I was as capable as I seeht to wonder

"Your et so upset she would have to rest, and he would go to her and have to co like that happen; we can't let that ever happen" she said

I was too tired and in too istered and I did feel shocked and a little terrified by the crazed look in her eyes when she rattled on and on

I screamed when she washed so into me like tiny teeth

"It's all your own fault, all the pain Pain's good when it teaches you so Hopefully, this time you'll learn," she said As she worked, her eyes continued to widen and narrow like so opened and closed

"What do you mean, this time?"

She looked lost in a daze, her lips tre softly above her teeth

"We have to put antiseptic on it Sister dear" "I'm not your sister!" I screamed

Her eyes blinked and then she pulled up stiffly

"It's just an expression," she said curtly "You don't have to get so uppity about it We'd be better off if you now thought of me more as your sister and not some distant aunt anyway"

I closed ht Herand then starts at a different hour or on a different day

When she put the antiseptic on, she did it with a vengeance, enjoying ood, but in her hands, it was like soo Finally, it was over

"You'd better lie down for a while," she advised

I sat there, breathing hard, struggling to regainat e of passing out Too weak to oppose her, even with shouts, I did little to prevent her fro me onto my bed

"I i overand falling Her eyes drifted and she blinked rapidly When she looked at h me