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like

had been about to tell him somethin

usual attitude. Cold. Bo

s, there was a day I spilled juice on his shirt by accident. Instead of

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ted. I couldn't raise a child in this kind o

the floor, th

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my throat. I didn't want this

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ly, he

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said I want

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knew how much it meant to the company. And even though I was hurting, I

closed behind

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ears. She had seen the tension in our h

ed at me during meals. How I

r than her lips. Tonight, she gave me the key with

ask questions. I didn't want t

," I whispered to my

into the guest room. It was quie

e wall. My phone was silent and

heard footsteps in th

from the living room.I knew that

av

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born into. A sudden fear gripped me, what if this child grew up feeling the

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bedroom door. S

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