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Chapter Eleven
Zulika felt the nausea come again and headed to the bathroom to throw up for the third time that morning. Orlando was waiting outside the door with some water and a cold press for her head.
He had offered her the spare room in his house while she was going through chemo, and although she had resisted at first, when the side effects had kicked in properly, she was glad of the support. Often she had thought how strange it was that the three of them existed in this weird life together, but more and more, it seemed natural. She and Ferma got along so well that she knew Ferma thought of her as a big sister, and Zulika had enjoyed caring for the girl when Orlando couldn’t get home in time for her. Ferma’s school was only two blocks from the bookstore, so Zulika would go and
