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lf up again, her breathing loud and uneven. The stone walls were cold and

l behind a large wooden cabinet in one of the side rooms. It smelle

it w

tried to clim

hed. Her legs bruised

landed on it hard during her last fall. She didn't ha

e nearest window. She didn't care anymore. If they caught

omeone anyone to

the narrow win

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realized no one could ever come to her rescue when she noticed she was in the middle of an island. She couldn't

red arm pressed against her ribs. She leaned forward an

open behind her were approach

aw dr

ck stepped i

still on the groun

a low voice. "You h

she wh

ust stepped aside and

shook, but she moved. Anything, any

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pered. "Baby girl..

her lips trembled. She couldn't find her voice. She was afra

as tight with rage now. "Tell me. H

ried

hrough sobs. "Just take me

honey. I swear to you. I'm going to kill that

sked again, calming himself. "Any

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ing here the

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t the doorway, arms c

p had just slammed

t desperate. "Let me speak to him again. Just

slowly toward her, until he sto

ted. "You think you

e give me five minutes. Privacy. I

ow chuckle that made

athing my air. Wearing my clothes. You don't even ea

wn, ashamed, but s

y, until their

eath c

past her lips, past her

br

hifted slightly.

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aid n

opped. "How

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teeth, then turned to the

ctor, and then to t

d opened

taliya repeat

inside the building. But it has hot water.

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ask what y

e, and the gu

he chair. "No! Stop! P

y didn'

her arms-gent

e made her scr

! Santiago

ly turned

, tears pouring from her face. "You said if I behaved, yo

o didn'

slammed b

was silence and th