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take one more step.
“Are you okay?” Kiera’s voice drifted from somewhere above her and
Romi realized that she was sitting down right in Allen’s dusty driveway.
“I…” Her fingers fumbled with the laces on the boots. “It’s just…I think
I got a couple blisters. And maybe I didn’t drink enough water. Or, like,
any.”
“Jesus,” Kiera hissed, but she bent down and quickly unlaced Romi’s
right boot before she could protest. She pulled it off so gently and carefully
that Romi forgot all about the pain in her feet and focused on the way her
stomach and heart were suddenly both doing backflips.
That lasted for about two seconds. Then she saw her foot. Blackspots
swam in front of her eyes, her stomach lurched for another reason, and it
was all she could do to keep herself from passing out from the sight of all
that blood.
Chapter 7
Kiera
One look at Romi’s feet and Kiera had to bite down hard on her bottom
lip to keep a scream from coming out, or worse, saying something that was
going to terrify Romi, who already looked like she was either going to pass
out or toss her cookies right there.
“How could this have happened? Oh my god, you should have said
something!”
“I…it didn’t feel that bad. A little chaffing and blistery, but I didn’t think
it was worse than that.” Romi curled her hands into fists and went a few
shades whiter.
“I’m going to have to take the other boot off too.”
Romi groaned. “It’s going to be bad. Just do it. Fast. Like you did the
other one. I’ll grind my teeth. I won’t make a sound. I promise.”
“I’m not worried about sounds. What I’m worried about,” Kiera said as
she grabbed the other boot and undid the laces, “is you—your feet. This is
