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Chapter 14

  Ice shivered, his teeth chattering. He was so cold. But Mom wouldn't let him cover up. She said his fever would spike and she'd have to put him in a cool shower.

  He didn't want that.

  Mom had put him in the shower in the middle of the night when she came to check on him and found he was burning up.

  Standing in a cool shower with a fever was awful. He'd rather go without covers than be wet and cold.

  When Mom had put her arms around him and hugged him, he felt like he'd get better. And she was warm.

  Now he laid his head on her back, his arms loosely around her waist.

  It was harder to feel her warmth now.

  He was so tired.

  He just wanted to sleep.

  Sleep and let the fever break.

  He wasn't so cold anymore.

  He drifted.

  I want you to go on and build onto all that’s going on today because it makes the tomorrow.

  Edna Gordon, Seneca