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And you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong.

Doctors had her on so many medications that her moments of lucidity seemed increasingly rare.

Ma, I'm gonna leave now. Call me if you need anything, okay?

Okay, she said, still staring blankly at the television.

I bent down and gave her a kiss on the side of her graying head, and then pulled my jacket on.

The chills seeped into my bones as I stepped out onto the front porch,

pausing to lock the door. Turning around, I stepped down the crumbling and tilted concrete steps,

as I got to the walkway, I stopped and looked around in confusion.

The neighborhood was pitch black, I couldn't see a thing. Turning around, I saw that my mother's house

was no longer there. It had been replaced by nothingness, a black void. There's a mechanical

thump and a bright light shines down on me from above. I look up, only realizing as I do that I'm

sitting in a chair. How did I get into a chair? As I lift my hand to block the bright light,

I noticed that my arm is heavy. I'm suddenly drowsy as if I'm just coming awake.

The whole thing at my mother's house was a dream, a memory.

It was Saturday night several months ago, back before everything changed.

There's something around my neck, some kind of collar with a box at the front,

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