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ked myself when I realize

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uld

work, I would walk t

rom my workplace and a twe

e her to wa

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my step as I walked

red in the sky, hot but

lig

nlike other days. Peo

Yet, I still walked twice

prayed silently that I a

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fault. Aubree had stom

pent our girl's night wi

rately needed to clear my

mped on

ked was about a psycho

a ew months and when he w

violently until they bled

ent di

the case for me? Wha

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my death

into the pastry shop

olding and almost hugged m

myself for making it in

was I? Wa

a darling and answer

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table eight,

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o frowned in return

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here for five

the resting room,

to investiga

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n the long cushion be

into the resting room,

back! Or

ggled to get up and

to the table, it

a sick joke. Is thi

I noticed a note sitt

er threat note I receive

led as I reac

other ones I receiv

erou

o replace your rug, it

other's

r the message to r

e floor and immediatel

st my rib cage, threat

se. It was normally a twen

for an hour as I flung

si

y mouth when I notice

and mouth. His face was br

ing and he wa

nsci

him and scooped h

s. It's me

ghtly and I breathe

in my pocket and dialed

ing fi

, the ambulance cam

pit

was placed on a ventil

udie

ing to tell me how Ju

few days but, when he si

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should be

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s my head. My vision be

d on dialysis. Three

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r

his condition would w

money for more th

ford it, if I can'

idney failure was wor

till have to have him put

to spend more du

lian's bed, I took hi

ven mo, tears gat

pening. Not when I ha

strug

shifted and flip

ca

nd I clasped h

are you

o hide my hoarse

looking for you. They

around guns

o slumber. I could onl

ter a

nd why were the