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Chapter Nine: False Alarm - Jennifer

As I start to sit back in my seat, sharp pain strikes my side knocking the wind out of me. I cling to the table, trying to process the pain that makes it hard to breathe as Beatrix's howls echo around my mind.

“Jennifer!” My mum cries, leaping from her chair to come to my side, “Jennifer what’s wrong?”

“I don’t… know,” I pant.

Beatrix begins to whimper, 'Landry’s hurt.'

'What?! What’s happening?!' I shout at her but quickly focus more on my bond with Landry and Matthan, 'Lan? Matthan? What’s happening?' I ask in a panic.

'Everything is fine, I promise,' says Matthan, but I don’t believe that. How can anything be fine when my ribs feel like I got hit by a tank? Is it his dad? Did Landry’s dad come back and is now hurting him? Fear and panic rush through me and without a second thought, I’m up on my feet and sprinting across the street while I faintly hear my parents calling my name behind me. I don’t have time to think, I just keep running.

I know I’m not that fast, but I’m still
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