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Disgusted with myself, I pulled my knees up to my chest and pressed my forehead to my thighs as I willed the contents in my stomach to remain there. After a few minutes, the sick feeling eased, but I stayed where I was.
The loneliness I’d felt since waking up to complete silence all those years ago pressed down on me, making my heart ache. I missed my mom and dad. I even missed Marta. She didn’t have a lot of contact with me, but she’d been the only one to care for me over the past eight years.
Now, I was homeless and starving. There was no one to care if I was hungry or warm or safe.
There was only me, and I was doing a craptastic job of taking care of myself.
I sat there and cried until there were no tears left, but that could have just as easily been because I was dehydrated.
Forcing myself to stand, I brushed the dirt off my clothes and walked farther into the woods to find somewhere to sleep for the night.
