Chapter 17
IN JOHANNA’S DREAMS, she lay on her back with her legs in the air. Nellie was screaming, but Johanna was puzzled why. Helena sat on the couch knitting a huge sock, saying that she wouldn’t do anything if there wasn’t any tea. Roald was in the room, too, and he was saying that he couldn’t possibly look at her with all these people in the room.
Johanna knew she was supposed to feel a lot of pain, but she didn’t. Still, she knew she was expected to scream, so she did. She woke up with a shock, her heart thudding and her stomach tight. Her mouth felt dry. She hadn’t really screamed, had she?
Sunlight flooded the room and Roald was gone from the bed.
Johanna rolled out of the bed and opened the door to the hallway.
Nellie just happened to be walking past. “Oh, there you are.”
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