“How are you feeling ma’am?” Allan asked, approaching the bed very slowly.
“Oh dear, I’ve been good, bad, good again.” Eileen answered. “It’s strange, you see? Sometimes I’m feeling good as if I was in my twenties again, but there are times when I feel even older than I already am.” She said, chuckling.
She did sound vivid to Father Allan, but there was something off in all that vividness in her voice, so he decided to test the second ‘and’ the third step in one go.
For real.
“Okay, can you move your head?” The priest asked in a warm tone.
“Not much, my dear. I also can’t see too well lately, my eyes seem to play pranks on me.&rdqu
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