The Mafia's Doctor

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tingling sensation still buzzed within her skin, her ears were

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ll to handle? Would she always feel this sensatio

he cou

ff just to be rid of that buzzing. She would rip

life has slipped past Calista's fingers today. She could do nothing but watch as the girl's heart

and begging them to tell her it was a l

ell her just so she could sto

ause if she was cruel, then she wouldn't feel like this. She wouldn't feel like she was f

she knew, it wasn't her fault if they died. She s

turned glassy, then a tear

amn

didn't want to feel. Goddamn it, she didn't want to feel. Becau

lessing and that was her curse. When she was happy, s

r eyes in the mirror turning red. She closed her eyes b

coul

he sobs that wanted to burst

ince her heart, her head. Her voice was hoarse, broken. And the

her and the fog behind h

't her

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knew he would leave her alone. And truly, he did. She hasn't seen him since that day. She di

uldn't, because she being close to him meant she would be close to h

er legs sudde

cream. In the silence that followed

e would curl up in her bed then s

roze on h

terribly, te

n't be this quiet. Calista has walked this road countless time

ed around her ribs, the hair at th

g was defini

to run when a sharp sound cu

hough the evening air was cool. She wasn't even breathing. She was.. She was having a panic attack. But unlike the ot

llowed. Calista flinched, finally snapping out of he

oo

with it. It was on her hands, everywhere. A strangled sob bur

ded rough and it sounded like she was

d, her entire body feeling like e

eam

re

eam

blin

Her siblings, their tiny hands clawing at the men ho

g for her family but str

them, trying to get to her famil

as going to watch. She couldn't.

ut the hands around

lis

acting like a woman possessed. She had to

, snap o

reamed back.

a, it's

axon?

into focus. She looked down at her gown and there... there was

t she just kept relapsing. Her stupid therapist had told her she needed

she was for giving her fal

ealized that there were hands around her and her back was pressed agains

he released her, and Jaxo

d her eyes landed on blac

unded hoarse like she

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re," Jaxon said softly, b

were lost as anoth