Chapter 17

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Shawn

I collapsed onto the ground and cried. I cover my ears and told myself this wasn't happening. I sang as loud as I could and that made it even worse because I was singing all the songs I had sang to her. I was loud enough to hear nothing else in the room except me.

Maybe that's why I didn't hear the long never-ending beep end. 

Instead, a constant 

BEEP, BEEP, BEEP

continued and I was too dumb to notice it.

But I did notice the quiet and beautiful voice through all the screaming and crying. At first, I thought it was a nurse. It had to be. "Shawn?" she whispered. 

I turned around, still half covering my eyes.

There was America, with her head turned towards me and her beautiful red lips whispering, "Hey."

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