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There was a large, gaping hole right where your heart should have been.   I didn’t ask why it was empty.   I only knew that it was.     I watched you try for so long—     try to fill in the gap       with words or rainbows or glue—     try to fit other hearts in,     only to have them shatter at your fingertips,     leaving you with bleeding hands and more heartache.         Maybe it wasn’t sadness I felt that day.         Maybe I was relishing at the thought           of knowing I wasn’t alone this time.     Or maybe I was trying to feel something that wasn’t there—         som

 Chapter 4: Rescue Carl continued to come over in the forest to communicate to me with his paper and crayons. It may not have been as quick and informative as talking was but it was the closest thing where we could talk. I asked Carl questions, wondering how he felt during the attack. Carl said that he and his mom woke up one day and saw one of their neighbors acting strange. It wasn't until the neighbor bit on someone that something indeed was wrong. From then on, they packed their bags and left. They had no choice. His mom had insisted on Shane, the leader of the group, to turn around and look for his dad but Shane had predicted that hi