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in the dim living room of their Riverside Heights apartment. The cheap floor lamp ca
tight, painful knot. Seventy-two dollars left in he
click echoed frpped up. Her hear
rutal force. A gust of freezing night
lled the space. The harsh scent of cheap alcohol
he door shut
e thin walls of th
pulse hammered against her ribs
lumsy, uncoordinated. His heavy leather shoes hit the cheap laminate
grew stronger. It
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anting to ask if he was ok
etely devoid of the cold, calcul
the guest bedroom. He
ering height sucked all the
of her calves hit the hard edge of the c
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wrapped around her wrist. Hi
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ank her hand b
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e heat radiating through his
s hot, ragged breath hit th
er ripped down
ainst his chest. Her palms pressed flat agai
ist. His fingers dug into her lower b
hard body pressed
g against her skin. The words were slurred, unintelligible, but t
shed against
icity shot strai
d her head away, her breath
ved him
oting. His drunken
ell ba
ons of the fabric so
d down right
ions. The living room light was blocked out by h
in pure terror. His fa
It was replaced by a dark, predator
with one hand. He pinned them flat
er only defense in
ropped to
wer lip hard enou
obbed. He slowly lowere
t heaved. Her muscles locked up, bracin
inch from hers. She could
ng sound erupte
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tt f
ent comple
his eyes parted for a split second. Co
yes shut and let
hol fina
ied into the crook of Frieda's shoulder. All the
er breath. He
He didn't move. His breathing eve
t his shoulders and rolled
or air. Her hands shook violently a
ut on her sofa. Her heart was
, the sheer terror in her veins slowly mor
e slept. Not like a monste
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alked into her bedroom. She grabbed
room and draped the blanket
table. She looked down at h
ad no idea how she was goin
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