Meet You at Dawn

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, my boyfriend leapt from the twenty-seve

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ggered the sensor lights

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oning the events with a sharp gaze and a tone that was almost c

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u when it happ

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shirtless,shaking unceasingly, like a fis

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ent, he cal

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here were you w

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ing between my throat and

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s slee

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is connected

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w he jumped fr

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s sle

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know an

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heard a heated argument about

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hat

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es

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s

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W

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sanity. I lifted my head, glaring fiercel

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houted at him, "Because he was a fool, a coward, a scoundrel! He knocked up a colleagu

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till sus

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n di

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tly, like searching

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Y

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feet, hunching over as I rushed toward t

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than me, blocking me

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hed his stom

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he might be mor

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gripping my shoulders firmly, hi

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firmly, his voice lace

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when our eyes met, a wave of sorrow, stron

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nk y

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d, struggling

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id no

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d burst into tears,

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include Jerred took me back to the po

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w me to leave un

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tially listening to me cu

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ses his death to escape his mistakes, l

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more than hi

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ng time, there was a large dark circle around his eyes, but it did not affect his righteous demeanor

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a nearby hotel to

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ern as during the interrogation. His

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body, I accepted his kin

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nk y

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o

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te, he suddenly bent down, s

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thoughts of endin

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die," I replied, flipping my hair and walking bold

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epl

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ds the hotel, trying to appear both no

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fficially ruled a suicide after

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her son had taken his own life and still suspected me as

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ing a heart of stone and driving her s

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nd pushed and s

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ived to se

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isheveled, barefoot, an

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stood tall and dignified beside me,

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happ

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ask

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Brad's mother screa

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screamed, po

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"That was retribution on his

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the woman who got knocked up

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ings to Brad's parents,

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Did they want me to pay w

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ng at me. "Look at your sharp tongue. If it weren't for

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provoked him, would my son have thoug

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ay something,Je

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in and w

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ke her. Leav

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my hair

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is irresponsible himself, and

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the rest of my life, talked about, second-gue

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aggrieved as

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t, looking

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died, I did

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l expected me to help him out, I lashed o

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as I

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n, was I supposed to

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made a mistake tha

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ldn't

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cy I didn'

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abandoned h

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ible man, shoul

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d jump just as I w

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that scene of blood and fle

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nd he patted my shoulder.

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shoulder. "Wait f

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walked away, trying to leave a

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ders slumped, and I had no ener

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later, Jerred

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him and breathed

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son, I felt guilty, but I cou

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. Don't dw

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t guilty of any cr

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me, his elbows res

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ard. His tone was muc

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nk y

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ed, my h

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conflicted, unsure of where to go,

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izzle, the rain gra

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ed in front of me, the window roll

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as J

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earing a black shirt that accentuate

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clearly, but his deep, magnetic voice cut thro

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'

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e y

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tears streaming down my f

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n't k

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e to

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l I was, Jerred offered t

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much resist

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et friends, talk about it, or even be alone i

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ce gave me immense security,

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could be by my s

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with a constant steamy white mist, a red

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ts to find a topic of conve

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trasted with the lively ex

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ending a little more time together other than s

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I finally couldn't eat any more and

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home. When we reached my build

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thought · ab

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hould

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oving would just show

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ep. After a moment, he concluded,

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oncluded, "You're fi

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r a couple

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sna

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ne of your

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was about to run when Jerred sl

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xchange

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ocial Whatsapp QR code, and held it

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and natural for me to bl

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my phone, scanned

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and carefully noted h

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with sat

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in trouble, ju

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aking, but thought to myself, can't

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ou date a ps

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add

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ckly, then s

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hologist; isn't everything someth

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ed in m

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rted; I just had no interest

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ndition was so severe that early the next mornin

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not s

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nd soft, and just walking out of the bedroom

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black, one hand in his pocket, sc

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manded, "Go wash up an

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had lost my mind, I grabbed a cup from beside me and hurl

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led it at him. "I'm not sick, you're t

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cup crashed to the groun

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him, my expr

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he show any sign of blame

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ubborn child, wit

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ile, he extende

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go

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ostility fading

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nger, sensitivity... I h

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hing to a

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fter talking with the psychologist, the doctor suggested I talk

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ined to Jerred as we left, "Spending money here for som

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confide in anyone, and even if I di

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ants to dig up gossip

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n't know, why

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" Jerred said after

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after a mome

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atting, and I'm usually busy,

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idal wave, and I suddenly wanted to laugh

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to lend me a hand, s

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y day, sharing all sorts of trivial daily t

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were late and dull, I fo

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spond eventually, and my w

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this f

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iams, are

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I impulsively se

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s later, I r

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vation, is it need, or yearning

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t have to answer," I

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another

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he repli

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elieve in

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apartment. Just when I thought everything was gradual

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you liv

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n is

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ou live so c

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o go to work, she suddenly appeared, glari

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ou expect me to

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This kind of thing isn't

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keep harassing my life

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but she grabbed my arm tig

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ddenly fainted, scaring me

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to call Jerred for help, fearing what might happen if I had

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gize, a familiar voi

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at are you

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arm in a cast and the other holding

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ad of him suddenly seeme

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t ha

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y

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anxious, "Inju

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restroom first, I'

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urried off, cle

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How do you get yo

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e hel

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p y

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offer startled him in

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ht up with him, "If you're n

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be q

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e a muscle, the ti

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controllably. Seeing people gathering

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ndone, both Jerred and I

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dle the zipp

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ickly slip

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rned. Having undone his belt, I fe

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the restroom, his be

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ightly s

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someone else

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llowing before he looked at the IV stand and

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eone to hold

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erstood; so th

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e thought of

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ou at the

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ask

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"Brad's mom suddenly fainted, a

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ve to

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se this as an excus

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aised an

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r to the hospital wh

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owering my gaze,

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ital and something happened, I'd

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t's

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ed s

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ly took his IV stan

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m, he suddenly called out to me,

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elf because of ot

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r advice is really

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aug

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g in good spirits, his eye

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f the ward, about to bump into m

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you

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e pale and her tone acerbi

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d you cuck

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couldn't ta

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ameles

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to the gathering patients, "This

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w what thi

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s a

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.

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ciously rushed t

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n cub, "I advise you to speak kindly. Don't p

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really have no good r

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want to resort to such measures. But I can't allow anyone to tarnish Jerred

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silent instantly, s

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traight at her, refusing to give

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red spoke soft

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nk y

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ne to thank Jerred,for

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to thank me and I was so

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, I finally h

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an't accept

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ring the doctors and nurses trying to st

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Brad's father, but

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d's mother's family, we had

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axi, I returned to the hospital to acc

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oing well

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ed s

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f course, I have to take ca

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t those who hurt m

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tark white light from the ceiling reflectin

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t b

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ftly after

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nexplicably made m

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mpelled by an unseen force, I blurted out,

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er, Brad's mot

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on medication to sleep, completely unaw

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eeted by the sight of a pair of legs dangling

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stool lay overtur

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, unable to make a sound, my throat constricted, with

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ed my senses, trembling as I to

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gh the receiver, cal

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t's

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g my thigh to force myself to

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stay there, I'm

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· in · the · background. · "Don'

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lodged in my chest found an out

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n't see me, and quickly said

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re l

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ice sirens echoe

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ing his police uniform, his expressio

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and crouched in front of me

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ead, his voice soft and

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waist, turning my suppressed fear into lou

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olice station again. The only difference was that Jerred wasn't th

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's mother died or why

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horter, perhaps because the sign

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s in uniform, holding his police cap in his hand, stan

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expression softened a bit. He

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okay

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blankly, tears we

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u beli

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after

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on evidence, not per

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vering and st

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lt wronged, tears uncontrol

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to say something, but in the end, he said

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e it, walking pa

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-wrenching roar e

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wife and child! I won't l

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een suppressing breaking through my defe

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it?Two

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urdened with the w

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ivable thin

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ing around, I saw Brad's father, eyes bloodshot, gl

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olding him back, he might hav

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I'll ki

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d hide

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lashed through my mind. My legs buckled, and I sank to t

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approached

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an arm around my shoulders, and helpe

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cent of his freshly laundered un

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d a place to hide. On impulse, I buried my he

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moment, then he held me c

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ome. Don't be af

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louder and louder. Suddenly, his tone c

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he authorities to murder my w

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repor

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weather had cleared up. As I stepped into

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to the fullest. I hav

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about morality, no one

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ting my shoulder with his left hand, hi

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s left hand, his features s

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ietly in the back of the t

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w kept retreating, the city a

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st the window, tears f

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sts, summoning the courage to make a swift exit, a

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lee

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s

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pstairs, a deep, pleasant v

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w Jerred standing straight in the sunlight, h

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r a moment, the

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isn't safe. I'll find you

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enly lightened a bit, a ray

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ugging my knees, a

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ping his jacket over my head, sh

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, Jerred helped me upstairs to pac

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I was in a daze, placi

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him to take me

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nerves tensed up, and

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e and want to ke

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t be too