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of drowning seven years ago floode

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was her s

fulfill her li

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m higher! Show

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ced my eardrums, stabbing i

er cinematographer nearby, his massive came

ng at the monitor, frowning, irritated a

I could never mimic h

dare carry

unbearable, my cons

his same icy water, his hand grabbing mine as he s

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, I saw people on the shore cheering for his

d itself with e

level below ten p

hrill alarm fi

screamed into the communicator, ".

even angrier. "Hold on for thirty secon

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, a mer

every second was a

control, my lungs

lowed my visi

sinking into endless black,

of Zenith Corporation, the man wh

not to burden you, but so you could live freely, never bending for anyone. If that boy y

hought I mig

o embrace death, a powerfu

life

ed the "prop" underwa

my eardrums and organs, t

hit the deck li

tly, gasping the salty air, tears and sn

body and lift my head, instinctively

d to se

icker of fear or c

I saw

far

ack to me, tightly

aly

th joy, shoulders shaking. "Alec, I.

sing her forehead with a t

ar in my ears. "Silly, not ours. Yours. Congratu

lause erupted

ats, R

hnson, you'r

ll definitely

flew, and every face glowe

brated a

death, lay soaked and shivering on the cold

ared me a

red I nearly d

all my pain an

bone-deep, deathly

ing his first love, smilin

atched for

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turned