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Soft smiling nurse.

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I rocked back and forth.

Back and forth.

Hoping that I would wake up.

Unfortunately.... I didn’t.

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I didn’t wake up.

Not when the doctors gave me a clean bill of health.

And not when I was told that the bruises would heal over time.

I had walked away from that deadly crash with bruises, cuts, and scrapes.

My parents... had not.

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I still didn’t wake up.

Not when I laid my parents into the ground.

Not when I packed my things to head to live with my Aunt Tempie and Uncle Merlin.

Not when I drove away from seeing the sold sign on my childhood home.

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But depending on how you looked at it... I didn’t fully wake up... untilhim.

‘Don’t try to find the perfect in me, you’ll be looking forever.’

– Xander’s Secret Thoughts.

Chapter 1

Xander

The slow burn of the amber liquid in my old-fashioned glass flowed down the back of my throat.

I enjoyed the burn like I always did.

Loving the feel.

I was still alive.

Still alive after so many things have tried to remove me from this land.

Land that was made of dirt.

Was that why I was still here?

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