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11 at night

"Hey Dee."

"Ben? Why are you calling me at..." he can't miss the annoyance in my voice even if he tried. "11 at night," I finish when I'm able to see the time on my alarm clock. For once in a while I was able to sleep before midnight.

"It's about ..." he sighs heavily. "He crashed his bike and he's in hospital."

All sleep disappears. My heart is beating so loud I can feel fluttering in my throat.

"How's he?"

Ben's silence stretches over seconds that feel like hours. "I don't really know. It sounds bad."


A/N: To be continued.

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