The Fake Lunatic: I Played Crazy To Bury My Brother

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the edge of her heavy diamond

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steps faded completely down the corr

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rs were mine to command. I had ju

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dical shears and cut the thin hos

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ligature marks from leather restraints, and jagged bloodletting

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om, wrinkling her perfectly contour

ed body. She held her breath without thinking, a faint swallowing sound

apping her arms around his waist and pressing

oe whined, burying her

like deat

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nto the dimly lit hallway

lling the torn edges of my hospi

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