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Chapter 66

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Larissa's POV

I woke up to the sound of a faint buzzing sound, stiff and aching from a night spent half-curled on the hospital couch. I must have fallen asleep somewhere along the line. A small line of drool leaked out from my mouth and onto my shoulders. I wiped it off with the back of my hand.

My neck hurts. My back hurts. My pride hurts.

Stephanie was still awake, her face lit up by the light from her phone. Every once in a while, it would ping with a message. Claire was still asleep, her tiny frame swaddled in blankets and tubes.

“Has she woken up yet?” I asked groggily after a couple of minutes of trying and falling to blink sleep from my eyes.

Stephanie shook her head. “Not yet. But she’s been fidgeting for the past couple of minutes so I think she’ll soon wake up.”

Her phone buzzed again. “Who’s texting you this late?” I asked. Judging by the time on my watch, it was just a few minutes past midnight.

“It’s not me they’re texting. It’s you.” She said. “Texts have been trickling
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