chapter XIV

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— daylight !chapter fourteen ; he was good

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daylight !
chapter fourteen ; he was good. he was really good.

 he was really good

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I WAS GOOD. I was really good.

Those words were the last words he said. They were true. But there was pain behind them. The kind of pain that only comes from a strained relationship between a child and their parent.

"I was good. I was really good."

Drip.

"I was good. I was really good."

Drip. Thump.

"I was good." Drip.

Thump. "I was really good.

Drip. Thump. Drip. Thump. Drip. Thump, thump. Drip.

"I was good

good

I was

really,"



Drip. Drip, drip, drip. Drip.
Thump!
Thump! Drip. Thump.













"good."

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I AWAKE TO TAPPING ON THE WINDOW. At first, I think it's in my head, the fatigue getting to me. When it doesn't stop, I realise that the tapping is real.

With a groan, I stand up. The floorboards creak slightly under my feet. The room is almost dead silent other than that. Renee stayed in Charlie's room tonight. Poor Meeks.

With a click of the window latch, I slide the window pane up and peer outside. Suddenly, a pebble comes flying at me. It hits my shoulder and I wince slightly.

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