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hey all look the

on his face

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elve hours than

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on my arms,

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for my sling ba

ays but his body

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ks the breath o

ze when I start to

hard, I find fat

che

ob, crying again

be coming to my

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s can't be happe

in the middl

s for the hem of

ps on his T-shirt

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my sight clears

who s

hes the guy aga

his fist comes u

cheek. The force

the floor, slur

us within

exclaim, unable

punch can have

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and corrects the c

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ention to the s

walki

nd I find his st

ted in

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floor beneath

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swi

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t he expects me

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neck and I am unconscio

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attention to eith

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I blurt, my voic

flush in embarr

ase. Would you

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from someone wh

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encountering

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such that my hea

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while I shame

around his neck tightens, bring

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ins to carry m

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continuing to ma

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here you live

do I

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d eyebrow at me

eyebrow l

very

he speaks calmly

skin in the last

aking fun of me

wounded. Do you

le you're liter

to a thin line.

his rude man is

ask you to

this or leaving

drunken feet.

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hands, he puts m

ver the sliver o

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me out of awkwa

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t belt around my

ks around the ca

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at me and his

sted or troubled.

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I say and then m

I lay my head b

ng my

engine soothes

st in dreams with the quiet groan

luring

when the car st

erce, I observe h

lks around to my

as he opens the

ill frown

do I have to car

estion out, tak

tc

at's gotten int

d lifting my hand

il

me up,

iden, his eyebro

in. His face ch

shade pink but i

y

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must have hit

rd

release my seat

nees and back,

and I lay my he

n is made of hot muscles I

I tell him as h

ds the elevator

ldi

on me tight as t

again after som

or. I point towa

s out and he

in as he walk

I pull the key ou

r for him. Mr. P

lks to the couch

word as he dro

oft cushion gree

eeling

friend be back

feet and starts

entle

warm, making

ack," I whisper

t a cute guy. S

d ton

as I speak the wo

to find Mr. Pie

ms

does

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ling, smiling sof

s Mr. Pierce get

suit. "What a

ome anxious bu

something more a

ust shakes his he

ms out of

nd places the s

ng so

ght, Emma," he

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a long day

lows his orders t

n a deep