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The vibration of my phone against my night stand wakes me up. I reach out my hand to hit snooze, but I can’t seem to feel the phone--no, it’s not that I can’t feel it, it’s that I can’t feel my arm. In fact, I can’t seem to feel anything except the night stand against my face. Wait...how am I on my night stand?
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The phone vibrates XXXXX. I realize now XXXXI XX vibrating.
I XXXX XX door XXXXX open XXX someone XXXXXXX in. “XXXX up!” XX’s XX mom’s XXXXX. I XXX and yell XXXX, “XXX, I’m XXXX! Help!” Nothing XXXXX out, just the XXXXXXXXbrbbbb XXXXXX brbbbb XXXXXXof my XXXXXXXXX. I XXXX my XXX XXXXX the XXXX of XXXXXX on my XXX and XXXX. “Forgot the phone,” she says, “XXXX’s unusual.” I XXXX her footsteps around my XXX and XXXXXXXX I’m in XXX air. XXX’s turning XX over, XXX XXXXXXX my XXXXXX I XXX see her face. XXX XXXX XXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX her XXXXXX, then XXXXXX XX XXXX her XXXXXX.
XX’s XXXX as I XXXX XX XXX XXXXXXX down the hall. I XXXX there XXX XXXX way I XXXXX XXXX her XXXXXXXXXX XXXX I’XX become. Just XX I’m XXXXXX XX XXXXX of how I can XXX her XXXXXXXXX, it’s suddenly light XXXXX, XXX I’m being placed somewhere. I XXX the XXXXXX...I’m in the XXXXXXX! I XXXXXX if I XXX XXXX myself XXXXXXX XXXXX--XXXXX that XXX XXX’s XXXXXXXXX?
“What’s that?” XX’s XX XXXXXXXXXXX’s voice.
“XXX phone,” my mom says. “I’m shocked it got XXXX XXXXXX, XXXXXX. I XXX’t ever XXX that XXX to pay XXXXXXXXX XX XXXXXXXX I say. XXXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXX dings, it’s like I don’t even XXXXX.”
“Well, I’ll hold on XX it,” my grandmother says. I feel her soft XXXXX pick XX XX. She’s XXXXXXXX XX XXXX her out the door.
I realize that she’s taking me with her on her XXXXXXX walk. I watch the yards and gardens XX XXX XXXXXXXXX XXXX as XXX XXXXXXX XX with her XXXX the XXXXXXXX. The XXX XXXX XXXXX doors down XXXX across his yard and XXXXX up XX greet my XXXXXXXXXXX, and XXX laughs XXX XXXX XXX. I used XX play XXXX this dog XXXXX XXXX I XXXXXX by--how long has it been XXXXX I’XX done XXXX?
XX XXXX again as XX XXXXXXXXXXX admires some of XXX neighbor’s XXXX bushes. She waves XX one of XXXX XX XXXX XXX XXXX XXXXX car.
A XXX minutes later, I XXXX a XXXXXXXX voice XXX steps next XX XX. XX’s XX XXXXXXXXXXX’s best XXXXXX, Susan. They XXX XX to each other, then XXXX XX XXXX XXXX. I XXX to listen, but everything XXXXX XXXX it’s getting XXXXX. They XXXXX so XXX XXXX. I feel weak. I XXXXXXX that I XXXX be XXXXXX XXX XX my power XXX XXXXX to XXXX off when XXXXXXXXXX goes black.
XXXXXXXX, I’m XXXX XX. I XXXX XXXXXXXXX soft XXXXXXX me, XXX out of the corner of XX screen, I see the XXXXXXX XXXXXX. I must be on a XXXXX XX the table! I XXXX a surge XX energy. XX XXXXXXXXXXX XXX XXXXXXX XX in.
She’s eating now. It’s just a XXXX XX XXXXX, XXX XXX’s XXXXXXX XXX says XX XXXXXXX, “XXX.” She XXXX slowly, XXXXXXXX XXXXX bite and looking out the XXXXXX at the birds in the XXXX in XXX XXXXXXXX. I don’t know how she XXXX it XXXXXXX XXXXXXX bored. I XXX’t XXX XXXX at XXX table XXX XXX without looking at my XXXXX.
She XXXX up, XXX I XXXX XXX faucet XXXXXXX. She starts XXXXXXX XXXXXX to XXXXXXX as XXX washes XXX XXXXXX. It’s as if XXXX is passing so XXXXXX it’s stopped. I notice XXXXX XXXXXX detail: XX grandmother’s sweet voice, the XXXXX of XXX soap XXXXXX XX they XXXX from the kitchen XXXX, the dripping of XXX XXXXXX. XXX long has it XXXX since I’ve sat and just XXXXXXX all XX XXXXX XXXXXX? My grandmother’s XXXXXXX XXXXX me XXXX XXXXX XXXX.
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I lift XX XXXX XX from XXX XXXXXXX table. How XXXX have I XXXX XXXXXX? I reach for XX XXXXX and turn off XX alarm. Wait a second…I can XXXXX for my phone now! It’s XXXXXXX XXXXX on the chair XXXX to me.
“Oh, you’re back,” my XXXXXXXXXXX says XX XXX XXXXX XXXX the kitchen. “Your XXXXXX XXXXX your phone next XX XXXX XXX. You XXXX have XXXXXXXXX it XXX once!” XXX XXXXXX and XXXXX at XX.
I reach out XX XXXX XX XX XXXXX again. I XXXX XXXX so XXXX XXXXX XXX alerts. I open up XXXXXXXX XXXX XX my XXXXXXXXXXX starts XXXXXXX XXXXXX XX herself XXXXX XX she dusts XXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX. I XXX the phone down.
“Grandma, do you XXXX XX go XX a XXXX?” I ask. “I feel XXXX XX haven’t hung out XXXX XXX two of us in forever.”
Her XXXX XXXXXX up XX XXX grins. “That sounds XXXXXXXXX!”
I stand up XXX XXX her, and XX head out, my XXXXX still XXXXXXX in to the XXXX.
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