Rebirth of the Fallen Heiress

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through my skull like thick, hot lava. I try

ices. The

Marshall's voice is shaky

ounds foreign as it

d to force her to sign

still mine, slows

back like tiny shards of memory about Karen, th

dy

Don't yell at me, Marsha

no", I yell, although I'

is thick, and filled with some

e lowers. "What

911. Let's drag her body to the bathtub.

this to me. I have t

he distance distra

in. My body feels li

orders barked and feel myself b

h like in a hospital, but war

to focus only on the wa

she feels familiar in a

you? ", I

n the pictures I've seen, strong, beautiful, her ey

s brushing against my cheek. "You w

ice is bare

stroking

, and I feel everything, the

other chance

cho in my mind, filling the

e. "A second chance? A

rn," she continues, "you c

hrough me. "Then who will I b

sing a soft kiss

ou to discover.

given another c

see and fight for the

ght around us shifts. The warmth fades and the

re standing so

and notice Mama stands beside me, calm

er. Papers are spread between them, the fa

, fingers tapping agai

re finalized, everything will be under m

emples. "I told you, I've been working on

im off. "She

ightens. "She wi

pping into something cold

g silence. Marshall look

unspoken words settle bet

. "You know there

me as I realize tha

lanning it long

mach t

isper. "He was going to do this any

ss in her eyes.

ace where it happened. Where Karen raised

s it happ

k. Karen breathing heavily, the

shakes. "Karen,

d her out of the w

ng over my fallen bo

e. Now we clean

anic. The rush to

shut, willing it

m back in the golden

eks, my hands shaking.

s around me. "No,

oat, but she pulls ba

n't the end o

d, confused. "

right over my heart.

gs cannot be undone, my love. But a new life ca

t to understand but the l

mine. "Time is slipping

shes against my skin, and suddenly, I f

anic rising. "I don

y forehead and suddenly the wa

like I've been drowning, and sudd

an smell the scent of antiseptic an

e above me is a White ceiling and then