Chapter Sixteen – Burying the Past

Chapter Sixteen – Burying the Past

Chapter Sixteen – Burying the Past

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Why hadn’t she stayed with Grace and Teri? She could have. Janet probably should have stayed and maintained human contact. Built a tribe or a new family. Found a way.

But she didn’t. She couldn’t.

The wounds were too raw. It felt too soon. Too soon to let new people in. This new world of chaos and dying had systematically torn away everyone she loved. She wasn’t sure she could take it anymore. She didn’t know if she was strong enough to take that chance.

An emotional shell was calcifying around her psyche, and she felt like a scared and angry child hiding in a closet from a terrible and unforgiving monster.

So, she shut the world out.

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