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seph said sharply, his voice
ark corridor. Let's go chec
y with tension. Joseph headed first, pistol in hand, wi
ed in the faint moonlight seeping through the windows. His
, fingers slick with blood, dragging along
ll if he was friend or foe until the figure's han
AR
ainst the floor as her grip loosened. Her eyes
y sorry..." Her voice trembled as her ha
barely holding together. Then it broke into
bbing his shoulder, trying to steady him. "Don't
t this time the cough wa
top talking, please. Joseph-" her eyes shot toward he
s chest. "Just stay with me, Mark,
he whispered, blood slowl
strained smile. "...the car is coming... please... please." Dry tears flowed
hed for hers, pulling it toward h
hard, "...even if... you weren't mine... I wanted to
lf sob, half laugh. Tears kept fa
r me..." His hand lifted slowly, trembling as
d. "Stay with me.
e dragged, barely there. "I w
d to the floor, and
s hand, lifting it up and
K!!!
..
e, like she could force life back into something that
ears. Her wailing ripped through the silence of
s shot dead, late at night at Landmark Beach, where
His body shook violently, from the tip of his lips to the depths of his limbs. His heart raced cont
and ragged. "You don't understand, you couldn't see it, but
and nails of his fingers as he tri
his eyes wide and unblinking. "He wasn't a good guy, Anna. He was
s. He looked down at the bench where a black pistol lay, then grabbed it forcefully, wip
ally safe. You're safe from him, Anna. I
own, a dark smile slowly
e a piece of w
hrough the silence
behaving like it's your first t
ing Dracula alone on the ben
hs later,
"at this point you're just stalking me." She smiled softly,
jacket, and a white inner shirt. His left shoulder rested against the wall, with
ed friendship, learn the difference, fi
e all of a sudden?" she said, laughing. "...You look like a f
my schedule onc
a predicta
ht breakf
definitely f
up from his hand. "You r
the wall, "you can't do withou
ed it-the regular. And of course it was. For a friendship alread
to Ben's neck to straighten his
tly. It was u
ple are watching," he said w
udge all they want, it's not l
the corner of
t a usual notification, probably one of the usual advertisement ale
worried as well
while her expression shifted slowly-the kind of c
ed closer
louder, grabbing hold of her shoulde
him. A message glowed on the screen from a group chat filled with old but fam
t! Royale Restaurant, 7 PM. D
een them as she immedi
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