The Points Between: Chapter 10

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The Deacon

Matthew sleeps in, but not long enough: he wakes feeling feverish and weak, it hurts to breathe, and if he inhales too deeply he breaks into fits of dry coughing that leaves him doubled over. Light hurts his eyes; when he moves, his arms and legs respond sluggishly, as if tied down by weights.

It feels like a hangover combined with the flu.

He stoically accepts these new infirmities ...