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36 Reuben looked toward the door but saw nothing. He opened
his mouth to answer but found himself speechless with horror. The

door opened. His mom’s voice said, “Reuben? Reuben?”
37 Then, to Reuben’s even greater shock, her voice retreated. He
heard her walking to the bathroom calling his name, then into her
bedroom. He couldn’t make sense of it, was still in too much of a
panic to think. His thoughts were a terrifying jumble. It took him
several seconds to remember the watch in his hand. The watch! He
flung it down onto the bed as if it were a burning coal.

38 The instant he did so, he could see again. His relief was so
powerful that tears started to his eyes. He bent forward, covering his
face with his hands, trying not to weep. For some sliver of awareness
in him understood that he needed to protect this terrible secret, to
keep it from his mom at all costs.

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