She didn't want to touch the baby. Didn't want to know if she was dead. But still she reached down, her arms… — Patricia Reilly Giff
She didn't want to touch the baby. Didn't want to know if she was dead. But still she reached down, her arms underneath that small body, and pulled it up against her. The body was burning with fever.
But alive. Alive!
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