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“Stop touching her,” I whisper, holding her tighter to my body.
Where’s Jake?
I need Jake.
Maybe I’m dead because my father’s eyes are looking at me again.
But I think he’s real.
Hannah screams.
“Please stop touching her.”
I rock back and forth on my knees. That should make it better.
I’m tired.
I think we should sleep.
“Ma’am, you need to focus.”
Who is this woman? She keeps snapping her fingers at me.
It’s so loud here.
The sirens. The fire. The people.
So many people.
They’re trying to help.
Where’s Jake?
Hannah screams.
She keeps screaming.
“I don’t want to go with them, Claire. I want to stay with you.”
Something snaps. I feel it. I’m shaking everywhere and they won’t stop touching us.
“Stop touching her.”
They’re not listening. They touch her again. They’re trying to take her. They’re going to bring her back to the flames. She won’t be able to breathe. She’ll be like me.
She shouldn’t be like me.
She’s a baby.
“STOP FUCKING TOUCHING HER.”
The woman backs away. “It’s okay, Ma’am. You’re safe now.”
Where’s Jake?
My throat hurts.
Papa is here. He kneels. I see my eyes again. He made my throat hurt.
