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Day 73: Sarah ends her story

At this point, Sarah stopped speaking and looked over at Allison. Allison seemed shy. Shy isn’t quite the right word. Allison looked frightened. She was sitting on the floor, was looking down, and appeared to be shaking. Grisylde walked over to Allison, sat next to her, and spoke to her softly. I did not move or say anything. I just watched and listened to the interactions of the three. The other two had told me plenty of their backgrounds, and I believed I understood what they were about and perhaps some of why they were here. I did not really need to here Allison’s story that evening if she did not want to tell it. But still I held my tongue to see how she would behave.

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