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to officer Daniel, please

talk about th

him, as little tears trickled do

er Daniel shoved it

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pened with a mechanical thud, he turned back one last time,

assed. The air was still

so w

big, but to me , it felt deserted. My heart skipped a

ark veil that was lurki

ly.. Any time I raised the topic, he always shut m

the kitchen, my eyes widened, I picked up a long meta

ed, fear gripped m

the kitchen tape gushing out water,

id, my hea

, sliding my back slowly on the floor, crying profuse

I never had any close friends, as Jason didn't wa

es like him, and probably out of France. the house, the pictures,

f shiver, sweat dripping down my spine but I was freezi

shook vigorously, as I opened the door, hands trembling ,

it open

ranged them neatly into my box. i picked a few important docum

nd, slammed the drawer open, the one on his bedside cupboard picked a few files, g

went straight down to the kitchen, lit up fire on the sink

icate burn to ashes, ached

d back

d ran down the water in th

dress, and picked up my luggages, I stepped o

lance at our we

the wall, this time determined to fight the tears that threatened to

yes and worke

ughout the whole journey, when I stepped out of the

I I can book a tra

ged man behind the counter, the air was chilly and t

with a kind smile a

a fatherly voice. I couldn't help but be remin

a room, I t

available, so you can pick from th

r, please, I said to him an

entification and for yo

eeded, I handed the papers back to

me I'd be spending there. The queen sized bed was covered in light teal sheets. There was a

first since I'd been runni

austed and tired. Once I was lying down, my thoug

sely. The silence I sensed wasn't peace, it was

my mouth, and though I was safe, my h

bandaged, the cut still lingering,

cream in my skull, I curled tighter under th

ee the photos,

ugh the window, every whisper of the wind against the glass made me flinc

he thin fabric could protect me fro

r, but my thoughts raced, it was frantic and sh

odie and padded barefoot down the hallway to th

ho gave me a warm

he window, sipping tea and staring out into

o lost more than sleep,

hen I sat acr

d, the images still lingers in f

orn quest. It sneaks into your bed, steals your

y eyes wet, I di

athing. Tha

I stood up headin

right, he turned to me and s

o my room, waiting

I dozed off, the ti

hroom, brushed, showed, and I sl

I feel that sliced through my heart, I thought of her

l I haven't been a

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ince, but I was afraid

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