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Living on the Edge 103; Cabin Fever

Hello Everybody, are you dry? They said it would rain and it is. A lot. It’s not that I didn’t believe them; more that I didn’t want to. I looked to the corner of the table for solace but high drama and panic was the order of the day over there and they hadn’t the time for sympathy… Living on the Edge 103; Cabin Fever

When Derry had first started to complain about feeling unwell the other houses had not taken him seriously. Derry usually felt unwell. He frequently had life threatening illnesses that always turned out to be something else, like the time he’d put his chimney on too tight or, indeed, the time he’d left his outside tap running. All night. This time he’d woken up exceedingly hot and, even in the cool morning air, he had sweat rolling down his façade. His neighbours shuffled uneasily; had Derry simply left his heating on overnight? Or had he been struck down with the dreaded CABIN FEVER… xxx