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The Sickness

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Summary

When 16 year old Kai Alexander's mother spreads the news that she has got lung cancer, Kai is in trouble. Taking care of her seven siblings when her mother wasn't there was enough on her plate. They can't afford the cost of her mothers treatment. And the sickness. The one that wiped out the USA and Asia. The one ten times worse than the bubonic plague. That one. It just looms overhead. And Kai must do what she can to save her family But is it too late to save herself? Well, Dylan doesn't think so...

Status
6yrs ago
Chapters
4
Rating
n/a
Age Rating
16+

Chapter 1

I hear his deep voice echoing through me. I smile. I feel like I haven’t seen him in ages. Maybe I haven’t. Memories from when I was younger replay in my head. I wish he would lift me up and pin me around in the air. I wish he would carry me up to bed when I fell asleep in the car.

We can all wish for lots of things. Doesn’t mean those wishes come true.

I wish my father was still alive.

I wish I could still hear the sound of his laugh, that spread through you like spilling honey.

I wish

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