Falling for My Kidnapper

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ped by my fa

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s set at 10 m

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dn't even pay a dime. Inste

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you!" the man said through gritted teeth, threatening to t

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led into the phone, "Forget the money! Come

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te in frustration, scrubbing m

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man wore his black cap low, revealing h

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ay?" "Yes." I was o

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." "Dad..." My father hung up the

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called h

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ney. Take her

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ht to voicemail. My fathe

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d at me. "Neil, what now?"

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ed his name w

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t his cigarette, and said hoar

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ing thrown into

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area, there was

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soaking wet. I went back to my o

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e playin

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casually tossed a car

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rted talking w

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y. Won't she catch a cold

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s rush to the ER

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n pins and needles, barely

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her so much, why not

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e here to flirt i

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glare, and they

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o me. "Why are y

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awkwardly and move

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f you get sick, ther

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umbling, "What a nuisance. Turn left

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fully, "OK." H

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d while

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ther wouldn't come for me, but because

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ming coach who charged 20,000 dollars for

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was Em

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wealthy man who had been ma

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ds in the family, an

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believe he had such a slow-w

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knew it! There's no way I could have such a dumb kid!" But as h

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on, I was

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ve an allow

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ive room. I was rele

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to cook, mop, do laundry,

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dma, "Why doesn

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at me. "Ask

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randma's memory wa

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been dead f

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ll the chores without complaint, fearing t

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life was going to be, bu

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ife was sudde

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thes to wear, so I rummaged thr

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pants. Hearing someone calling me outside, I braced my

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eryone stopped what they were do

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em. He frowned and

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You've never seen a woman

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we weren'

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t down their cards

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e pulled a long face

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t dare argue and r

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nd me and was so scared th

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g, he kick

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He sized me up. "So young

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or

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ave no c

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wouldn't relent, I st

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g to flaunt, don't

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ing at me. "The men outside are all rogues

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do. They've been single fo

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enuinel

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m my eye, and I qu

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crying? Now y

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t say a

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ip, trying

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wardrobe, rummaged through it, and finally pulled ou

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ain, believe it or not, I'l

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" I quickly put

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n he sighed, "I'm a man and a bad one n

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ed the shorts

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eaner than

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are defy h

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t, the room wa

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door, picking u

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ordered

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ing him open a box of p

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"Want some?" "Yes.

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sed the fork asid

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ll s

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dn't snatch the box from him. In terms of

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how much your

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llars." My fat

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se." He laughed out of anger. "And you still want to eat

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could think of was the pasta. "C

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s. Don't think that batting your eyelash

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O

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va and sat quietly,

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und with the fork, and mutte

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garettes and lighter a

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e balcony with his head back, and s

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ed, but he still

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nd finally, when he wasn't looking, I grabbed

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I felt that my heart skipped a

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hen took out his phone to make a call.

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eathed a sig

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ear, and I contin

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ere was only pasta left in the

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?" He squinted at

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n suddenly raised his hand. I thought he was going

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om the corner of my lips and h

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at are you going to do about your dad's deb

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him t

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red at me. "Then... d

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nk you're worth 10 million d

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iated, I was furious b

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and go away. Don'

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losing patience, slam

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ld stay after being told to go! I finishe

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later, I came bac

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teres

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?" "It's raining outside." I shivere

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dark? You aren't afr

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" I

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e dark, he see

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and. "What about now?" I stared at his well-defined muscles and then

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." I held

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my hand and placing it on his abs. "Like this?" I had never seen suc

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head back. "I think

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rabbed a few tissues and rough

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ck on while I sat beside him, my nose stuffed with

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onight. Leave first

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O

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you stay for one night because I feel sorry

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I've never slept in a living room before, and I'm s

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nothing to b

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ll s

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ll have to sleep with me," he said and turne

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my surprise, I woke up in the living roo

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he door to his room hap

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nced at me for a second before

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kitchen, and

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ow how to leave, and I don't have

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said nonchalantly, "T

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thing. I just ke

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y owes me money, I'm no

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continued to

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me bills from his wallet and threw them at me

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"I can't walk to the

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I'll drive you, are you? Do yo

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're a bad person,"

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d person? Just because I didn

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ughed, not wanting to

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d, I suggest you disapp

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me an ul

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e but to leave

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back with

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meone's phone saying my father had fled abroad

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hour but was still unable

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o my senses, I was a

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d no

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e saw me. "Why are you still

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n't know wh

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t rid of you now?" "It'll just be... temporary." My m

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eless shelter. Go back to where you ca

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u come here? Do I owe you tw

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lieve

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I suddenly felt dizzy. Then my v

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e up, the ro

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looks reall

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rtless, abandoning his d

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hat about our hard-earned

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eil who

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asleep. "Her dad is awful, but it was

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ooks delicate, quite

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Neil yell

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in, do it yourselves. I

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left in

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blurted out, "I

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ing at me, I shu

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tro

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why should I

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.. I can cook, do laundry,

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Just let me stay unt

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to pay you

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e'll conta

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omething, and then said, "He'll contact you?"

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Having a woman her

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He rejected me again, but he wasn't that firm a

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he temporari

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e, I stayed her

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, my dad had nev

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ool, but the teacher woul

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aking out the school gate every day, and ot

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itors were staking out 24/7 at the

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y plunged into

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, fearing he would kick me

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ehave, trying

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him, but I ended up b

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my face was so blackened he had to tak

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were you doin

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ed food..." I

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t?" He was speechless. He dragged me to the bathro

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"You're not allowed i

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am I suppo

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was just a ge

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scolded me and went to clea

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ugh, his fri

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e you doing in

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t you

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u cook for yoursel

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bath!" "In the middle of

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They shut

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help clean the kitchen when I overheard

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ur face so red?"

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r was too hot

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et it" look, making

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ve anything b

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ed, kickin

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every Wednesday. Why are you ch

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in the mood," he

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ssed wi

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He glanced at me.

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find him. How are we

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it. Just

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hem out and c

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be asking you that?" he threw the towel onto the floor a

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rts," I lied, feeling guilty. O

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chool start?

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er two mon

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chores!" I prom

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He pointed to the kitchen. Then he grabbed two bo

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When your dad contac

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ook and jotted down, "In

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eticulous records, all detailing his mo

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s so

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s kept track of hi

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h do you owe me?" He skillfully pr

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n pain. "A total o

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ared at me. "You've spent all the

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pend over 10,000 dollars in a single day of

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concept of money at all. "That's not important. The thing i

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notebook, his blo

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h. I braced myself and said, "If you can't afford to

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lf a minute and then couldn't

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you laug

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how ridicul

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or not, if I were in a hurry, I

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in, I blushed and calm

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You're too skinny, and hugging yo

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y you owe. That's

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I touche

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ed at me impatientl

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a bit," I said

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en are so t

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and and beckoned. "C

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y leaned my

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. "A bit of a scrape, probably

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a band-aid from the drawer and

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this position, so I simply

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He pulled my hair, dis

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I do?" I w

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lize how inappropriate thi

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looked at me, hesitating. Then he said, "Forget it. Yo

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the band-aid, h

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lt warm

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e worried

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me was my dad, who abandoned me. B

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I said seriously, "Neil, I like yo

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ng for quite a while. "It's because y

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when you're bad?"

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ist will be so sore. I'll make you cry

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lushed at once. "Do you real

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ask

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ly, picked up his

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ld never talk

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the night, I stood at his d

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d showering, wearing only sports shorts

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sca

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he thunder out

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cigarette and

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room?" I mustered

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fa was my bed, and together with a crappy curt

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understorms were simply somet

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n the bed and patted the spot next to him,

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sleep on the

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I let a girl sl

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y. I'm

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uy? Didn't you say you like

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a year. I've seen all kinds, but a young woman l

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Trembling, I said, "

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in his mouth, smilin

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t I was at a loss for words. H

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aughter behind me, an

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oral bottom

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o morals

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thought he was

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d their

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ving room. After two more claps of

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d to death here, I'd ra

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ied to push the door on

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courage, walked straight in, lay down, and p

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breath was so close to my

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. Just s

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u think you'

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our place

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lled

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leep here!" I turne

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his slightly glowing eyes. He star

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got so

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out to wrap his ar

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ntly st

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f you're sca

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not s

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ut I didn't even dar

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y sleep?

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My mind w

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ence wasn't enough for m

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ame to me, and you want m

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n the air was urging me to give

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mbered what my

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d useless. Are you

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y, was I destined to b

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doned me after he knew I was kidnapped? He ch

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hange, but I was

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erlessness kept

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want to be my

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out, felt his head, and clum

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touch him, I was su

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You're

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head suddenly was turned on. It was glar

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Neil grab

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ed very

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ouldn't b

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provide you with everything. Do you thi

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hips, looking like he would thr

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row me out, and at the same time,

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out, everything

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At school, I couldn't say no. Even when I was abandoned, I couldn't sa

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as even more furious. "What t

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y is gone. I can't repay what I ow

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ent for a

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t he'd c

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rself, do it somewhere else." He was so cold-blooded! I

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of you for months, and then I'll be blamed for your

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d tried to light it several times bu

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want me to do?" I

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first. Then we'll ta

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y ag

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oney, I coul

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lutched his bl

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"You can have the bed. I

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ated, he was

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ei

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"It's still

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"What hav

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ad the sheet on the flo

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t I still couldn't fall asleep. I c

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ei

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t now?" He seemed rel

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p my mind."

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taken aback by my declaration. Then he let out

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to sleep. If you don't sleep soon..." He traile

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the blanket over his

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my life a sudden sense of purpose

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hen I finally fell asl

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woke up early. I

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abdomen, smiling mischievously, "Is that all the c

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, that's rig

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nder a spell, obediently f

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Then I looked around and saw the floor next

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se of loss o

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, I realized my face

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really terrified

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king, folding the blanke

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en he returned, he noticed that I was avoi

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a plan I had written. "This is

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est and glanced at it. "Cook

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ry equals 1

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dollars? Running erran

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much." He put down the paper, grumbling, "With 100 dollar

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arn pocket money at home based on this

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me the way you do from Dann

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uncle. What's

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o be your uncle? Last night, you were

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t. "Fine. Do whatever you want. I can't argue with you. If I

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il," I smiled

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d then quickly finished his brea

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th you?" I a

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ver you're g

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ney to support someone un

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do you earn money? Can I g

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to do that as well?" H

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I was

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ng to do at

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day, trying to figure out why I was the only one aband

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could pay hi

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at for at least a year." He looked me over,

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dress. From today o

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't need to explain

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me. If you continue to ignore my w

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was that no matter how bad they were

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dream, for me, he was

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pair shop on the roadside of the

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s surprised

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you here? Are yo

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th Spencer

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, and every time they played

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rlfriend out for some fresh air. What

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ful Neil will

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u want to keep your job? I

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fell

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reminded everyone. "E

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lking to!" Neil snappe

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ified, ran

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looking at

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and saw me staring

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ean?" I stood in situ, feeling that he was s

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makes me mean? Who do you think isn't mean?"

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ed not say more, as I was just as

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h him?" he said, kicking a

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wkwardly, unsure

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e aside and asked w

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learn how to wash c

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Neil, he was

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he project funds didn't come through, he brought everyone back here. A lot

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ile teaching me

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Are you talking about the 10

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had no choice back then. A lot of people needed the money desperately, or they co

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hand and swo

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ult," I said, feeli

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f eventually. There was still a bit left, but not much. Tha

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id with

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s sh

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of a disheveled man in a

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l, he insisted that I kept track of even

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e that he had given th

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ven more

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tly taught me and paid cl

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ork, came over to help and teach me, takin

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is as summer practice. N

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n't be doing such d

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the center. Before handing it to me, he wiped his hands on his clothes several times a

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nk y

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and took a small bit

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laughed

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ason, I wan

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e all go

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ng under a car, busy with repairs.

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e of watermel

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eat it," he said, too bus

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he could finish, I stuffed a pi

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watermelon seeds on it, I cauti

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then swallowed the watermelon with difficulty. Just as he

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response, I stuffed anot

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ce was covered wi

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ed not a g

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e grew

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n!" he growled, looking l

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h wanted me to help him cl

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ay with the

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h, but within five minutes, Neil pulled me r

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said, a

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bold, a

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ow?" His shadow loomed ove

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any tissues,

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re!" he sho

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my teeth. "Then

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ed the watermelon pulp off h

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r distance was so close, and his breat

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eathe on me," I

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lowed to breathe now? M

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g my heart beat so fast," I said, almost holding my breath. M