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m her hair, pooling on the pri

of the usually immaculate CEO's wife looking so drenched and disheveled. He opened hi

ors slid open o

lighting she expected, she wa

hit the switch on

lled out for th

hardwood floor of the massive duplex livi

hit her bloodstream. It was the prim

els and ran barefoot down th

was sligh

e hallway, she saw something small and

half-eate

d against the wall, finding the switch.

sound tearing ou

lying on the floor. His small body wa

eat. She dropped to her knees

s chest heaved, producing a horrific, high-

eanut butter wafted from th

vere anaphy

gently laid him down and sprinted toward the corne

the locked box. She punc

hing last week about updating the code so Benjaman wouldn't accidentally get into the adult

n. Red light. A third time. Red

landing on the heavy, soli

high above her head, and slammed it directly

tered with an

hand. Warm blood instantly welled up, dripping

d into the broken cabinet a

around the plastic

ed Benjaman's tiny thigh, aimed the orange ti

. The medication s

d slightly, but his eyes remained ro

ocket. Her bloody fingers smeared a

inistered. He is unresponsive," she barked into the phone, r

e and immediately dialed

ng. And ran

warded to an automatic

er jaw aching from the p

once before th

ally reject

bsolute despair crashed over her. She p

g over her eyelashes and dropping

ren echoed from the streets far below, cutti

hrough the front door, their heavy

njaman onto a

stinctively scooped her phone from the floor, an

was cramped and smelled

hed through the small windows, illuminati

mask over Benjaman's face and attach

able rhythm made the temperature in the small

pped her so

nd typed a frantic text to Franc

ng. Presbyteria

' receipt popp

ammed on its brakes, throwing her forward

t black. There