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With trembling fingers, I began covering each plant, the raindrops needling my skin and the cold turning my hands numb.
The rain was too hard on the roses, it had uprooted some of them. But the lavender still stood still, but slightly bent. I didn't have time to tend to them again, so the plastic wrap will do justice for now. When the rain stops, I'll come back down and tend to them.
"Just a few more," I whispered to myself, securing the plastic wrap over the last of the lilies. My hair clung to my face, soaked through, and my teeth began to chatter, but I didn’t stop until every single flower was protected.
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