CAMARADERIE TROUBLES

CHAPTER 30

Selena jerked up from the bed, breathing

heavily. “IK” she muttered into the empty

room. Sweat covered her forehead, slipping

down her face as she blinked continuously.

She never dreamt during the day, this would

be the first. She almost never dreamt to start

with. “No, IK” she muttered as tears

sprung to her eyes. No. She wasn’t going to NôvelD(ram)a.ôrg owns this content.

cry because her brother was surely not

dying.

Selena climbed down from the bed, her

small feet making contact with the cold

floor. She shivered, feeling intense fear in

her heart for the first time. Selena had heard

several times in church that God hears the

prayers of children. And though she was the

daughter of a pastor, she never really prayed

a serious prayer on her own. It was time to

test that theory.

She bent her knees and knelt by her bed,

bracing her hands on the soft mattress and

for the first time, Selena really prayed.