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James couldn't get the sight of Carl's lifeless body out of his mind. He was scared. Scared that the same thing will happen again. Scared that it will happen to someone closer to him. Mary told him to get some sleep, but he could not. He stepped out of bed and went downstairs. Mary was sitting on the couch, next to her sat April. She was comforting his sister. Did April see Carl's body? Or was Mary just telling her about it now? He notice a spat of blood on his shoe. Flashbacks to the screaming. and the blood everywhere, the whole room turned red and he fell on the ground.

"James? James, wake up!" he heard Mary screaming. He opened his eyes, just enough to see Mary sitting next to him. Tears in her eyes. Not tears of sadness. Tears of fear.
He noticed April standing on the couch. Fear in her eyes. He opened his eyes more. Just enough so that they could see that he was awake, and alive..
"James?" Mary noticed that he was okay "are you alright? I think you fainted."

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