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Josie
Sun was streaming in cheerfully through the window, mocking me. I was tempted to get up and pull the blinds closed, but I didn’t have the energy to walk across the room.
Aunt Mimi had been in earlier to deliver a mug of hot tea and try to rouse me out of bed, but I had snapped at her and pulled the covers higher over my head until she went away. When she had revealed the name of Claire’s captor, I’d had questions, but couldn’t drum up the enthusiasm to ask them. I recognized the man’s name and knew that I had seen him around town, usually with a hoodie pulled up over his head to help hide the scars on his face.
“He’s still at large, but he’s injured.” Mimi had told me from the hallway on her way out of my room. I’m sure she was trying to intrigue me into getting up to get the f
