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14 days: I have been exposed

Dear Sugarplum, everyone else is sick but me. I'm in isolation now, but I'm not in panic. I am at peace. It is almost like a quiet river is flowing in me. Day 1 "You should quarantine yourself, we have been infected with COVID19 again." "Again? when was the first time?" I replied, laughing, and went along with my day. I made breakfast, read for a few hours, watched television for some more and used my phone till the battery died and I had to put it on charge. Yesterday was a little slow, but nothing unusual, not a warning, not a sign. I saw the missed call and when I call back X's tone was off. "Why are you at the hospital?" I asked but the Whatsapp call got interrupted so I had the unwanted honour of seeing it in writing; a text message that reminded me of the morning conversation. "...Therefore I will not fear, thought the earth be removed and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea". I had posted this on...