Innocent Love- The Journey

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very second counts. Outside, there is a lot of rain, and the night is getting colder. Everywhere there is growing darkness. I have to board my bus. I don't care whether someone

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has a list in her hand. Crossing my fingers

breath as she begins to say the names one by one. It's now or never. Everything I need depends on this work. In this place,

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ude for letting you into our building; we have no idea when you discovered your next victim. You've mad

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e I am the lone victim, no one pays attention to me. My reality is it. All around me, people were

nly jacket I have left. I stitched up a few holes, but the chilly rain is still hitting my flesh. My damaged boots are making strange nois

d me. Mom abandoned me for another man, and dad was either dead or killed. After that night, everything was different. Every day I was plagued by the truth. The voices ar

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believe I'm still here. God help me if they don't kill me. But right now, my li

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walking. When I get home, I hear foul la

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ected from the elements in the winter or summer by dirty walls with leaking plaster and damaged windows. But I draped some clothing over them. I had a broken bed and a single table with some c

I can change. I halt at the dead. My door didn't get any knocks. Nobody gives it a second thought. I'm sudd

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y person who truly understands me is Father Anthony. On my bad days, when the entire community is ready to hang me from a rope, he stands by

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oday. Mother Kerry remained silent throughout our discussion. Her cheerful smile was melancholy. There is a situation her

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helpless youngster. My heart has never app

eatened us today; what will happen now, Father

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