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“Okay,” she nodded again and took a deep breath. She stood from the floor and headed towards her and Gabe’s room then shut the door and locked it. Pacing the floor, heels clicking as she moved back and forth with her phone gripped tightly in her hand, she dialed her father’s cellphone number. 
“Please pick up… please dad…” she said softly then glanced up at the still-open vent Amelie had made use of earlier. She picked up Stark’s pillow and shoved it in the opening of the air vent so that no one in the basement could hear her. Stark whined and scratched at the door but Sophia didn’t let him in. 

“Sophia?” Nathaniel answered. All of the air left her lungs. 

Amelie crawled through the hallway and sat down next to the bedroom door, trying to listen to Sophia.

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