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Jackson Before Dying: A Short Story
Nodding in acknowledgment to his friend, Jackson sat down on the bottom bunk and took off his boots and eyed the socks on his feet for a moment before stuffing them inside his boots. Once he slipped off his clothes with a little help from Harry, he put on a pair of shorts to sleep in, just in case he needed to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Wandering into the room with his medical bag in one hand and thermometer in the other, Frank shoved the thermometer in Jackson’s mouth before he voice a protest to shut him up and prepared the injection of antibiotics and pain medication he promised earlier. As Jackson shook his head with the medical implement sticking out of his mouth, Harry snickered at his friend’s reaction. As Jackson’s
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