For some inexplicable reason, the weather in October was exceptionally cold, and the rain was fiercely heavy. Freezing rain poured down from the sky in sheets, catching everyone completely off guard.
A great many people caught the flu as a result, and Katrina—who had originally thought she would be able to have Albert all to herself for a good long while—fell ill with it soon after.
She suspected she had caught it from her last contact with her mother, though fortunately, it happened after the cure had been invented, which saved her a lot of trouble.
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