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Chapter 23: Ghosts Among the Living

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The morning sun rose slowly over Nakuru.

For most people, it was another ordinary day.

Children prepared for school.

Matatus filled the roads.

Businesses opened their doors.

Life continued.

But for Alex Midila, every sunrise felt borrowed.

Every breath felt stolen.

Every hour alive felt like a miracle.

He sat beneath a rusted pedestrian bridge near the industrial area.

His appearance had changed dramatically.

The clean-shaven accountant was gone.

In his place sat a man most people would avoid.

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