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"Wake up son,''
I open my eyes and she is staring at me. her eyes are open wide, they look very scary. I am scared but I sit up on the bed as I rub the sleep out of my eyes.
"Mom?''
This feels like a dream. It feels like I am dreaming right now. I want to go back to sleep. I am scared.
"Baby, get dressed. We should go get ice cream from your favorite parlor. What do you say?'' she suggests but doesn't wait for an answer.
I watch her walk over to my closet and bring rummage through my clothes. She is dressed in her sleep dress. The silky white one she usually wears. The length of this one is longer than the other ones she has. It looks new. I look closer and the tag is still on it.