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friends walking to their favourite candy shop. Alex and I met at

ned unanswered, we first walked into my favourite coffee shop. We grabbed some Krispy Kreme

background. When she'd finished, she gave me an it'

t the age of Seventeen when her religious parents forced her to marry the son of another religious family in

worse than the last. Until I decided I couldn't take it any

h worked in a club, her life was different from min

need it." Alex hurled me into a fashion bout

nted to walk out, but Alex snatched the card out of my hand and waved it in her fa

in dresses. Whilst she tended to Alex, I walked toward the mannequi

s silkiness on my skin after a nice hot bath. My

wned at the name 'unknown' written in bo

n't wait to peel it off that

n sight who might be stalking me. But I was met with passers-by carrying on with their day-to-day life. I looked aro

pily went through everything she'd chosen. Everything paid for,

you staring at the lingerie set on display." Alex broke the sil

dy used his card to stock my fridge and I still have t

ms f

ding in beach waves over her shoulders. The freckles scattered over her face made her look angelic,

t was that creep from the club yesterday? It would make total sense. But there was no way he could have gotten

drop me off at the park where we'd met. I didn't want her knowing where I lived. Sure, I'd spent the

to walk down the path to my apartment. It was over three blocks away, ho

teep stairs that awaited me. After what seemed like an eternity, I

honey and vanilla. I dropped my bag on the kitchen count

my fridge. I took out the leftover pizza and allowed it to cool

sight of what lay on my bed. It was the red lingerie I admired on the display mannequin from t

y bed. I grabbed the bag and took out everything it

out my phone and saw I had another message from an unknown n

the lingerie you were staring at and I made sure to get one in

suddenly had some deadly disease i

eing st

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