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Winnie’s fingers shook. She pressed them against her lap and sat up straight.
She had had a taste of the man, Mr. Spence. If he was the cause of Selena’s illness, Winnie would learn it.
She could well imagine the girl being afraid of him, and causing herself psychological trauma as a result.
Selena led a stressful life. She had set a high bar for herself. Maybe too high. A full and difficult class load. The pressure of getting into college. The pressure of living up to her grand expectations.
The body was wise. It had ways of demanding attention to force its owner to correct a dangerous course.
The mind could sometimes fool itself, but the body would not allow the deception to go on for too long.
It acted in its own self-interest. The body wanted to live. To do that, it needed to
