Tangled desire

apartment across the street without even bothering to check for

d called as s

her I'll mother, taking her palm in her ha

the surgery immediat

r crossed her mind. She had just lost her best friend to a car accident the

out of her thoughts. He had a brown envelope in his hand which was stretche

tearing off its sealed top and

the only

tared at the paper. Her eyes widened in bewildermen

She blurted, bearing her e

rabbed her hands,but she pulled them off i

n,I had no o

interrupted. She flung the p

stiffened. She clenched onto the window seal,

or the family grew on her. Her father was getting minor

time to spend on herself or with friends and family. She was doing her best fo

ld you agree to something like this! I barely know who this is! I am struggling to m

. He had listened to her speak about herself

t's for the family. We need liberation. Ain't you tired of working rou

denied the opportunity to the Olympics by her so-called parents when sh

her eyes began to trickle down her cheek. "What about my goals?

We need this now. Your goals,your desires,they're go

fatherly smile engulfing his face. His eyes were already

y is your happiness. We are

It gave Mr. Thompson a glimmer of hope. She was going to accept

someone I do not love" she ended the

from her wardrobe and stocking them up in her small traveling

nd clenched onto its handle tightly. Her door squeaked as

phone call inside his room. He was probably talking to he

lled it open. She suspected it must've attracted he

s,heading for the ne

g the thoughts of her father's actions in her mind. It pierced her like

s taking eternity to get to the stop. Her time was tic

l me off in such a manner. I'm worth more than that' she

lded her arms across her breasts, squeezing into herself. Her cellph

king at it. If they wanted her around that much

nally, She was going away. Far away from them. Her patie

nd the doors opened. She grasped o

highlight from the train. She contemplated running,since he hadn't seen

ace went numb all of a sudden. Her heart raced. She took in a lar

d with an evil smile playing

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