CHAPTER 20 Desperation

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  Madison POV   I could not recall when sleep claimed, nor did I know it held me through the night until I opened my eyes to the first ray of sunlight seeping into the room through the drawn curtains.   Upon waking, my first thought was to check on Raymond, yet I realized to my dismay that there did not seem to be any form of improvement in his health.   A sinking feeling took hold of my chest, and I balled the fabric of the sheets tightly in my palm.   Just then, a flurry of figures rushed, and I recognized one of them to be Whitmore, the Physician from yesterday. Flanking him were two old men- One was thin and tall, like a pole, while the other was short and portly, a sharp juxtapose.   Behind them was Alex, whose gaze was fixated on Raymond.   Whitmore gave me a brief nod in reco

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