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A ROC BOOK


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PART 1




We All Wear
Masks


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Three days ago, the pain had seemed unbearable.
But as time passed, the constant discomfort lessened
Х the burden by dulling her senses. As late as this morn-
ling, she thought that she had grown used to it. Then
cramps had started. The crippling agony had
racked her with increasingly frequent spasms all day.
Now, it was almost dark.
She didn't dare cry out.

A new spasm tore at her intestines and clawed its
way up her torso, firing her insides with blazing agony.
Despite her best intentions, she screamed as her mus-
knotted in the brutal grip of the convulsion.
As the wave of pain ebbed, she lay panting, certain
that she had betrayed herself. Slowly, painfully, she
dragged herself deeper into the gloom of her chosen
shelter. The inhabitants of this rundown building, if
there were any, remained hidden. Her only company
was her misery. Moaning at the pain accompanying
her every movement, she forced her legs to carry her
up the stairs. If she could get far enough away, they
might not find her tonight. The ravening fire in her
belly threatened to overwhelm her, but she hugged one
arm across her stomach and continued, bracing herself
against the stairwell wall with the other. c


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4 Robert N. Charrette