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m. As soon as I closed the door, I let out the tears I h
led for her but the
none. The pain was too much to bear. The people I had thought wou
y have never acted like it
fat
had trusted him
had met just today would be faithful to me w
me, to deal wi
o could have helpe
ast time I'd spoken to mum, j
or unworthy people. Your heart would tell you wh
uch I was going to suffer and cry but he
uld plan,
was the last straw. I stood up from the floor, brush
st weren't wort
f money. I'd been hiding it for a long time, hoping
was th
together essentials that would help me on my mission.
t. In the meantime, I mapped out my escape route, taking
tsteps in t
ria
ce, shrill
the abandoned coffee
around frantically. I paused when I saw
steps go
w, opening it as quietly as I could.
handle
en this door
, and reached for the nearest branch. My bag made it awkward,
he door s
e the
half-fell down the tree, hitting the ground ha
am echoed behind me. "D
was time, I
he back door to the house would be left open b
nyone seeing me. With that successfully done, I looked behind
I couldn't fully celebrate because the m
tance from the house. Despite being out of b
lling for me to do one thing or the other. And as soon as she realized I was g
gainst the earth, pushing me forward through the d
with thrill at the possibility of getti
s burn, but I ignore the pain, focusing instead on the rhythm of my stride, the thud of my hea
challenge to overcome, but I'm driven by a force I can't quite name, somet
y walking in the darkness. I couldn't see the ground before me properly
I tri
nt down hard, my hands scraping against the forest
y shirt to try to stop the bleeding, but it was to
o, no
'd be able to track me now. The blood w
rately in my mind. "Ya
le
cut hand left blood on every tree I grabbe
out. I couldn't ke
ng. A structu
t, praying I could hide, could find so
grabbed me
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