Blissful Dream, Part 3 (v1)

Here's the next part of Blissful Dream, although it is very short.

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Karin winced at the setting sun that glared against her eyes. She rolled away from the light and slowly opened her eyes in a daze. Her body ached from the lumps of rags she slept on, her stomach empty as usual. She found herself waking up later and later, as her body attempted to preserve every bit of energy it could.

A shiver ran down her spine. Wrapping her body with one of the torn rags she slept on, she glanced at the other corner for Nina. She was nowhere in sight.

“Nina?”

No response.

“Nina?!”

Karin climbed to her feet and walked into the den. Nina’s small blocks of wood, which she used as toys, were scattered on the floor. Her blanket was tossed into a corner. The stool from the kitchen rested near the broken fireplace, with her stuffed bear lying face down beside it.

Karin scanned the room frantically. Her body trembled with anxiety. “Nina?!”



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