Illness
Alice's heart stopped. She remembered Peter in the hallway from the other night. She remembered how terrible he had looked. She knew it was something serious. He could have lied about seeing a doctor. All four of them burst out of the room, running towards Peter's room. Susan was the first to reach the door, grabbing onto the handle. It was locked. The door suddenly unlocked, Elizabeth sliding out from the gap between the door. She closed the door behind her, grinning. "Your brother is fine, don't worry. I can take care of him. Now, you children can go back to your beds." The tone in her voice had changed from how she usually spoke. She sounded so vicious. "We want to see him for ourselves." Susan commanded. "Let us through." "There is no need for that. He needs his rest." "Peter is t
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