Love Forged in Flames of Hate

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as the

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Tiffany Chen wa

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rt attack the day h

n the floor of their

was too mu

neighbors, the phone calls from people wh

the old bridge into

were

because of Tiffany Che

. The university dean told me my scholarship was r

hing left

ed, a fancy high-rise apartment paid for w

a can of

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give you the money! I

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the face I used to t

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her screams became

the heat wash over me,

as my

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ulled apart and put

my eyes fl

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my old

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me, the same smile that

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