00:00It only deteriorated. I was in and out of the doctor's office, subjecting myself to tests that gave no answers.
00:07No matter what I tried, no matter how many pills they shoved down my throat, my body was failing me.
00:13It wasn't until later I got to know that it wasn't just my body failing.
00:18Claudia began acting strange. She was quieter around Jake, visibly more nervous.
00:24At first, I ignored it. What was there to doubt?
00:27She was a mother figure for Jake, right? And the stress of caring for me and Jake couldn't have been easy.
00:33I asked her about it once. We were sitting in my dimly lit living room,
00:37the cold shadows pressing against the walls like silent spectators.
00:41Claudia giggled nervously.
00:44Jake ain't our tiny boy anymore, Lila. He is growing up and learning things that he wants to experience.
00:51Claudia avoided my eyes, but I had seen it. The wave of disgust had begun.
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