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kick from the other side a

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er's unmistakable vocal chords, dripp

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cable hate, his tone entwined

ue to remind yo

threw his palm across my injury i

he old aches from their slumber and my

m the unexpected impact and harro

up and met his deadly eyes

la

t and he jars his ringe

a second before the burrowing

my white dress and I quickly tear away

e ground and he charged towards me and grabbed a fitful

of the room back to the

ashed under his agi

nt to do it" I protested.

he approached the doo

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rough ras

he snapped and he kicked m

s and I crashed onto the hard

ide and I winced, fe

apologies for that stunt she pulled off earlier" My

ight from the open door poured on his face

unshaven, so were

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ched and I s

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surrounds

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ly left

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any m

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in the room and I los

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uts and escaped the first time w

no.

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his undisputed voice h

alm falls over my mouth to prevent

teps and I instinctively

where

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ver runs t

e obliged when

s on his last word as though i

escapes my lips when I

me alone! L

d lifts me from the floor with no e

floor and a hot wave of pain b

y audible thing I hear is my own hear

ainst the wa

as short spurts of

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ick voice ech

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e and cowardly whimperings crawl

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ely in my chest as cold

where a

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uckle reverbs i

ne misses her

says decisively

one. You're m

but I still hold on to the fe

ver left m

closer and I feel hi

ighten with the agonizing expectation of

inst my legs and I instincti

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trified, pressing

ckles

ones are the

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trying to make m

do this th

h lingering on

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close to mine with

sive rises and falls

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lips brush a

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vocalize as I attempt to pus

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peedily form

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my petrified soul and my ski

les vigorously as he

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let me go!

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his touch at the side of my stomach,

breath as I feel his cold

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incts kick in

u

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ee from his hold and blindly see

r as a push from behind

up my burning throat as I

go! Le

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stop

pleads and my

at's the

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.urgh!...

sides of my head wit

would as I maneuver out of the grip of Amelia

nostrils as it would

me again..i..i coul

mess on the floor. My eyes clad shut a

me here. It was

ear deeply seated i

am p

her arms and I feel her h

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and I shiver as the wind from the aj

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her

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gged through my s

it always

lips in a breath be

e confusi

her, no one ev

think they

nd I feel an edge o

her chest and my

ly in agreement

ll okay

gray eyes bubble wit

nto my veins and I rest back on he

h all those

estions fr

r open and I meet

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man that help

and speaks afte

e here now"

s lightly against my fa

off her body a

my body as another s

the floor and hurry

xes as I empty my bla

lection in the mir

dam

a call out f

p you get ready for you

shoots through my vein

n

it happe

expression and butterfl

that

urel must have mentioned it to yo

, accessing

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ot having in me t

m just a weak

t through me.

of time to get ready. We can start now if

mother and the luxury life of

g that lasted for o

is a weak and fragmented

ready. I know we have ti

s as I explain but it's hard

ted it to anyone e

idn't go without me bei

each time

ke just one event to

't you worr

nd her forehead is marked w

't look like

and turn slig

nd my life will probably end serving here.

scle jumping aggressively in my cheek, my bottom lip sucked into my

an abnormal behavior in

ain will

ant access to another

tter

I said I

harsh but luckily i

Cassandra Lopes

ly how she wou

nd tol

changes and emotional instability, irrat

n and mood boxes were always staked hig

getting to know the backgr

neighborhood and school were all

side, I wa

ed and m

very inch, surro

o much to cup

u insist the

arm smile and goe

I scattered on it last nigh

ew bedding and heaps the

inish off of a peach scented spray to the air an

breath

will go f

our wits an