As you walked to Mau’s house, you had a bag full of medication and a plastic bottle of water. You knew he had come down with a pretty awful fever, from when you last heard, he was around 102.3 Fahrenheit. When you walked up to his house, you checked underneath the doormat and found the key he always left there…

You then unlocked the door and stepped inside, closing the door behind you as you started to walk upstairs.

The sound of your footsteps brought slight joy and relief to Mau…