Chapter 50: In media res

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تعال يا حبيبي ، تسقط معنا

لأن ما سقط قد يرتفع من جديد

"Come, child, fall with us too.

For what has fallen may rise anew."

–Bea Blessing

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THE MIDDLE

In times whenever Leigh Anne Song feels her mind was about to shatter into millions of pieces, she tries to think of the sun, of its warmth and the fresh breeze passing over her skin so gently. She thinks of the quiet fishing trips she and her parents used to go to on not-so-quiet summers... no thanks to a child as loud and as carefree as she once was.