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my Kevin?" Brenda sneered. "He needs his me

to Sarah's exposed che

voice sickeningly sweet. "Go get

. He smelled faintly of unwashed cloth

back, her chair

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uthority she didn't feel,

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rifying. Brenda had ass

he door, but Brenda and K

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ad washed

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mother, a flicker of something unreada

ediately s

rm. "She's just being mean. She doesn't want you to get better.

ed. His expression hardene

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