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    The Price We Pay
    The Price We Pay
    The Price We Pay
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    The Price We Pay

    By M.H. Lee

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    What If You Didn't Have To Struggle Anymore?

     

    Clark has spent every day of his life fighting to survive his terminal illness and provide for his family, but then all his wishes are unexpectedly answered and he's left asking the question, what now?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherM.H. Lee
    Release dateAug 30, 2014
    ISBN9781502203908

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      The Price We Pay - M.H. Lee

      The Price We Pay

      Also by M.H. Lee

      When the Time Comes and Other Stories

      The following short stories which are part of the collection are also available on an individual basis in ebook format:

      The Bearer *

      The Price We Pay *

      Death Answered My Call *

      Drowning In Their Darkness *

      To Be A Hero

      The Taste of Memory

      In Search of a Frickin' Hero

      By Your Side When the Sun Sets

      Titles with an * were also previously included in the essay and short story collection A World Dark & Cold which is no longer available for purchase.

      This story is dedicated to the memory of my father. And to my mother who didn't want to read it, but did because I asked her to.

      The Price We Pay

      Clark lay in bed, eyes squeezed tight.

      God, give me the strength to face another day, he prayed, steeling himself.

      He wondered what it must be like for other people to wake up—how did it feel to just live instead of having to claw back every single hour from the hands of the Reaper? He believed in God, but Death was like a close personal friend who had come to crash on the couch for a few days and never left.

      He moved carefully as he rose, trying not to wince at the sharp stabs of pain that shot through his shoulder where the bones were slowly decaying—long-term victims of the disease that had already stolen his kidneys.

      Molly was still asleep, one arm thrown above her head, long

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