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ripping the flesh away where it clung to dried pus. Don’t do this to yourself anymore, or you’ll invite others to do it, too.

Then, sucking my teeth and whimpering: My God . . . my God . . . You’ve come—

Shhhh, Ellie. Shhhh. He knows.