pte
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, my boyfriend leapt from the twenty-seve
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ggered the sensor lights
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oning the events with a sharp gaze and a tone that was almost c
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u when it happ
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shirtless,shaking unceasingly, like a fis
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ent, he cal
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here were you w
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ing between my throat and
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s slee
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is connected
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w he jumped fr
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s sle
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know an
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heard a heated argument about
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hat
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es
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s
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W
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?
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sanity. I lifted my head, glaring fiercel
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houted at him, "Because he was a fool, a coward, a scoundrel! He knocked up a colleagu
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till sus
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n di
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tly, like searching
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Y
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.
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feet, hunching over as I rushed toward t
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than me, blocking me
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hed his stom
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he might be mor
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gripping my shoulders firmly, hi
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firmly, his voice lace
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when our eyes met, a wave of sorrow, stron
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nk y
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d, struggling
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id no
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d burst into tears,
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include Jerred took me back to the po
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w me to leave un
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tially listening to me cu
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ses his death to escape his mistakes, l
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more than hi
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ng time, there was a large dark circle around his eyes, but it did not affect his righteous demeanor
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a nearby hotel to
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ern as during the interrogation. His
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body, I accepted his kin
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nk y
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o
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te, he suddenly bent down, s
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thoughts of endin
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die," I replied, flipping my hair and walking bold
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epl
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ds the hotel, trying to appear both no
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fficially ruled a suicide after
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her son had taken his own life and still suspected me as
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ing a heart of stone and driving her s
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nd pushed and s
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ived to se
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isheveled, barefoot, an
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stood tall and dignified beside me,
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happ
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ask
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Brad's mother screa
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screamed, po
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"That was retribution on his
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the woman who got knocked up
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ings to Brad's parents,
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Did they want me to pay w
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ng at me. "Look at your sharp tongue. If it weren't for
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provoked him, would my son have thoug
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ay something,Je
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in and w
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ke her. Leav
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my hair
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is irresponsible himself, and
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the rest of my life, talked about, second-gue
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aggrieved as
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t, looking
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died, I did
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l expected me to help him out, I lashed o
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as I
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n, was I supposed to
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made a mistake tha
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ldn't
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cy I didn'
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abandoned h
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ible man, shoul
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d jump just as I w
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that scene of blood and fle
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nd he patted my shoulder.
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shoulder. "Wait f
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walked away, trying to leave a
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ders slumped, and I had no ener
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later, Jerred
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him and breathed
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son, I felt guilty, but I cou
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. Don't dw
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t guilty of any cr
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me, his elbows res
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ard. His tone was muc
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nk y
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ed, my h
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conflicted, unsure of where to go,
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izzle, the rain gra
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ed in front of me, the window roll
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as J
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earing a black shirt that accentuate
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clearly, but his deep, magnetic voice cut thro
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'
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e y
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tears streaming down my f
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n't k
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e to
1
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l I was, Jerred offered t
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much resist
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et friends, talk about it, or even be alone i
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ce gave me immense security,
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could be by my s
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with a constant steamy white mist, a red
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ts to find a topic of conve
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trasted with the lively ex
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ending a little more time together other than s
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I finally couldn't eat any more and
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home. When we reached my build
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thought · ab
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hould
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oving would just show
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ep. After a moment, he concluded,
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oncluded, "You're fi
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r a couple
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sna
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ne of your
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was about to run when Jerred sl
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xchange
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ocial Whatsapp QR code, and held it
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and natural for me to bl
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my phone, scanned
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and carefully noted h
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with sat
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in trouble, ju
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aking, but thought to myself, can't
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ou date a ps
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add
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ckly, then s
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hologist; isn't everything someth
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ed in m
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rted; I just had no interest
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ndition was so severe that early the next mornin
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not s
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nd soft, and just walking out of the bedroom
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black, one hand in his pocket, sc
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manded, "Go wash up an
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had lost my mind, I grabbed a cup from beside me and hurl
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led it at him. "I'm not sick, you're t
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cup crashed to the groun
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him, my expr
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he show any sign of blame
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ubborn child, wit
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ile, he extende
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go
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ostility fading
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nger, sensitivity... I h
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hing to a
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fter talking with the psychologist, the doctor suggested I talk
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ined to Jerred as we left, "Spending money here for som
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confide in anyone, and even if I di
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ants to dig up gossip
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n't know, why
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" Jerred said after
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after a mome
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atting, and I'm usually busy,
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idal wave, and I suddenly wanted to laugh
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to lend me a hand, s
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y day, sharing all sorts of trivial daily t
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were late and dull, I fo
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spond eventually, and my w
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this f
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iams, are
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I impulsively se
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s later, I r
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vation, is it need, or yearning
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t have to answer," I
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another
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he repli
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elieve in
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apartment. Just when I thought everything was gradual
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you liv
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n is
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ou live so c
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o go to work, she suddenly appeared, glari
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ou expect me to
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This kind of thing isn't
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keep harassing my life
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but she grabbed my arm tig
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ddenly fainted, scaring me
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to call Jerred for help, fearing what might happen if I had
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gize, a familiar voi
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at are you
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arm in a cast and the other holding
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ad of him suddenly seeme
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t ha
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y
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anxious, "Inju
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restroom first, I'
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urried off, cle
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How do you get yo
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e hel
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p y
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offer startled him in
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ht up with him, "If you're n
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be q
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e a muscle, the ti
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controllably. Seeing people gathering
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ndone, both Jerred and I
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dle the zipp
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ickly slip
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rned. Having undone his belt, I fe
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the restroom, his be
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ightly s
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someone else
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llowing before he looked at the IV stand and
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eone to hold
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erstood; so th
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e thought of
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ou at the
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ask
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"Brad's mom suddenly fainted, a
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ve to
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se this as an excus
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aised an
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r to the hospital wh
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owering my gaze,
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ital and something happened, I'd
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t's
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ed s
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ly took his IV stan
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m, he suddenly called out to me,
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elf because of ot
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r advice is really
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aug
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g in good spirits, his eye
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f the ward, about to bump into m
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you
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e pale and her tone acerbi
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d you cuck
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couldn't ta
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ameles
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to the gathering patients, "This
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w what thi
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s a
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.
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ciously rushed t
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n cub, "I advise you to speak kindly. Don't p
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really have no good r
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want to resort to such measures. But I can't allow anyone to tarnish Jerred
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silent instantly, s
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traight at her, refusing to give
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red spoke soft
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nk y
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ne to thank Jerred,for
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to thank me and I was so
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, I finally h
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an't accept
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ring the doctors and nurses trying to st
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Brad's father, but
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d's mother's family, we had
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axi, I returned to the hospital to acc
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oing well
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ed s
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f course, I have to take ca
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t those who hurt m
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tark white light from the ceiling reflectin
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t b
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ftly after
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nexplicably made m
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mpelled by an unseen force, I blurted out,
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er, Brad's mot
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on medication to sleep, completely unaw
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eeted by the sight of a pair of legs dangling
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stool lay overtur
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, unable to make a sound, my throat constricted, with
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ed my senses, trembling as I to
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gh the receiver, cal
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t's
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g my thigh to force myself to
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stay there, I'm
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· in · the · background. · "Don'
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lodged in my chest found an out
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n't see me, and quickly said
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re l
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ice sirens echoe
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ing his police uniform, his expressio
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and crouched in front of me
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ead, his voice soft and
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waist, turning my suppressed fear into lou
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olice station again. The only difference was that Jerred wasn't th
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's mother died or why
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horter, perhaps because the sign
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s in uniform, holding his police cap in his hand, stan
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expression softened a bit. He
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okay
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blankly, tears we
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u beli
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after
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on evidence, not per
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vering and st
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lt wronged, tears uncontrol
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to say something, but in the end, he said
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e it, walking pa
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-wrenching roar e
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wife and child! I won't l
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een suppressing breaking through my defe
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it?Two
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urdened with the w
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ivable thin
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ing around, I saw Brad's father, eyes bloodshot, gl
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olding him back, he might hav
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I'll ki
3
d hide
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lashed through my mind. My legs buckled, and I sank to t
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approached
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an arm around my shoulders, and helpe
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cent of his freshly laundered un
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d a place to hide. On impulse, I buried my he
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moment, then he held me c
3
ome. Don't be af
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louder and louder. Suddenly, his tone c
3
he authorities to murder my w
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repor
3
weather had cleared up. As I stepped into
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to the fullest. I hav
3
about morality, no one
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ting my shoulder with his left hand, hi
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s left hand, his features s
3
ietly in the back of the t
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w kept retreating, the city a
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st the window, tears f
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sts, summoning the courage to make a swift exit, a
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lee
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s
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pstairs, a deep, pleasant v
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w Jerred standing straight in the sunlight, h
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r a moment, the
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isn't safe. I'll find you
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enly lightened a bit, a ray
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ugging my knees, a
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ping his jacket over my head, sh
3
, Jerred helped me upstairs to pac
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I was in a daze, placi
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him to take me
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nerves tensed up, and
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e and want to ke
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t be too