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Chapter 5 - Breaking News!

Opal was in a frenzy as she ran to get her computer, she quickly got on to Amazon Prime and ordered multiple sets of masks. They were already selling out by the minutes! Then her aunt called and they chatted about (it) for a while. Opals aunt was pretty much the only family she had. Growing up her mother had passed from cancer. And her father was to grief stricken to take care of her and her siblings. He would be gone days at a time coming back drunk. And smelling of stale liquor and dirty gym socks. She her aunt Lizzie took over and took In, her and her siblings. Opal didn't talk much with her siblings but she didn't worry to much about them. Because they were all in good places and with their own family's. And she knew that her aunt checked in on them here and there. Opal and her aunt are and always have been much closer. Even when she was little. She felt she could always tell her aunt everything. So she did and with that they became closer and closer. Opal has two other siblings Greg her older brother and Teddy her younger sister. Opal was the middle child, she called up her brother and sister to ask if they needed anything and if them or their family had had any of the symptoms. Luckily neither of them had and they were both fine. Even though she felt better after talking to her family. Her nerves didn't quite settle yet she had so many questions. With answers that seemed so close yet so far-away. What about work? How will this well sickness affect my work? What if I get it? Will I be forced to wear a mask at work? That night she didn't get much sleep tossing and turning, every waking minute…