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NINETY-NINE | BENEATH THE STARS
“Wait! No, no, no,” Samyak chanted. My arm froze in mid-air, ready to push the kitchen door open fully.
“What?” I frowned. I couldn’t smell anything; I’d assumed he was cooking us dinner, but the usual scent of fried onion and garlic wasn’t seeping through the air as it so often did.
“Wait there. Sorry,” he added, poking his head through the crack in the doorway. He smiled dopily at me, and I cocked my head at him with a smile.
“I thought you were calling me because it was ready?”
“I was. But I just need you to grab me something from the bedroom. Then stand outside, right by the front door. Okay?”
“Okay,” I nodded, the bridge of my nose crinkling with confusion. “What do you need me to get?”
“Could you get me something warm – a big jumper will do
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