"My mom died. My dad died. My brother died. My aunts, uncles, and cousins all died. So why am I still here? Why am I still in this forsaken world? Why can't I just cease my suffering?" I thought.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNcVZrotL4
But it wasn't always like this.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFom3CqY7l
I loved my life. I loved living. I found joy in so many things, and for a while, everything felt perfect. My parents were well-off, so I never had to worry about anything. More importantly, they were the kindest people in the world.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhEfvuRHbd
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Even after my mom found out she could never have another child, she refused to let that stop her dream of having a big family. Instead, she adopted a little boy who soon became my younger brother.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQufcUAw0KC
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Life was good. In fact, it was almost too good to be true. And somehow, I managed to ruin it all.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMsJXOvosl
One afternoon, my mom and I went grocery shopping. While she was distracted, I wandered outside by myself. That's when I saw a strange man.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCCP0iAJ0R
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He had two different-colored eyes, one blue and the other green.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCDykCYpiK
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"Hey, little girl," he called. "Come here."17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPRWXK7AOP
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Being the foolish child I was, I walked toward him. He was just about to hand me something when my mom suddenly appeared. The moment she saw him, all the color drained from her face.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuRHlJXNKj
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She quickly apologized to the man, grabbed my hand tightly, and hurried me back to the car. She didn't say a word during the drive home. Her grip on the steering wheel was so tight that her knuckles turned white.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2G2JQP0KVr
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Finally, she broke the silence.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wjsT17Dip
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She scolded me for wandering off on my own, but before she could finish, we noticed a black car following us. At first, I thought it was just a coincidence, but every turn we took, the car followed.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74xbViWNOy
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Mom's breathing became heavier as she drove faster, desperately trying to lose it. After several turns, the car finally disappeared.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGQdvEFLX7
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Without wasting another second, we rushed inside the house and locked every door and window. I kept waiting for my mom to call the police, but she never did. Instead, she locked every lock twice before forcing herself to calm down.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxfDGmTfrG
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A little while later, she smiled at me as if nothing had happened and started making dinner.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtlbSmxqQO
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Spaghetti and meatballs.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ceTDjYAJW
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For a brief moment, everything felt normal again. I went upstairs to my room and changed into my favorite Barbie dress, completely unaware that it would be the last normal moment of my life.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZKVcolkm3
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Then the lights went out.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWqJcRdyMQ
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At first, I thought it was just a power outage. I was wrong.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLn0N4lKj7
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A scream shattered the silence. Then another. My little brother was crying. My mom was begging for her life, and my dad was shouting. I froze. My heart pounded so hard I thought it would burst out of my chest. I wanted to run downstairs, but my legs refused to move.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5lgQ7pkLQ
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Then everything went silent.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMZEo1FNRg
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It was the kind of silence that made your ears ring. A few seconds later, I heard footsteps outside my bedroom.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bXPbEDQWr
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Right. Left. Right. Left.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYs7wFCXD1
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Each step grew louder as whoever it was walked closer to my door. Then the footsteps stopped.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZmCtD61tM
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Before I could even breathe, a knife suddenly pierced through my bedroom door. I stumbled backward in terror as the blade came through again and again. The wood splintered with every strike until the door finally gave way.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8pPQlFHvhA
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The footsteps returned.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6bNs2LYax
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Right. Left. Right. Left.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDiaV8CNu93
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Whoever it was slowly walked into my room.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ56JaDTMH5
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Panicking, I threw myself into my closet and covered my mouth with both hands, trying to silence my breathing. The footsteps stopped directly in front of the closet.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcu1lROxhob
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Everything went still.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXTQdrVz3K
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Then the knife stabbed through the closet door.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunxLSOPpF9
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I bit my lip to stop myself from screaming. The blade narrowly missed me. Again. Again. Again. Each stab came closer than the last, leaving shallow cuts across my arms and legs. None of them were deep enough to kill me, but every one of them burned with pain.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZ5rPq2LGV
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Then, just as suddenly as it had started, it stopped.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlqfC8cl4s
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The room fell silent once again. A few moments later, I heard the footsteps walking away, followed by my bedroom door creaking shut.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjTlrqHkxD
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I stayed inside the closet, too terrified to move. One minute passed. Then ten. Then an hour. I wasn't sure how much time had gone by, but I didn't dare step outside.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTH8LA1842j
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Eventually, after what felt like forever, I slowly pushed the closet door open. The house was eerily quiet. I let out a shaky breath before remembering my family.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6r5oFFwrk
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I ran downstairs as fast as I could.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfH9Sspivl
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The moment I reached the kitchen, my entire world fell apart.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UGFw4Ur7C
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The sight before me was beyond anything words could describe. My knees gave out beneath me as a wave of anger, grief, fear, and disbelief crashed over me all at once. I couldn't breathe. The room began to spin, the walls seemed to close in around me, and my vision slowly blurred until everything went black.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEozO25yVVb
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I soon woke up to bright lights shining above me. My eyes slowly adjusted, and I realized I was surrounded by doctors. I quickly sat up, but the sudden movement made me dizzy, and I fell back onto the bed.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIAPWeWSWpt
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"Where are my parents?" I asked.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rEqTQlJAZ
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No one answered.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneNbtrNMU7
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I looked around at their worried faces, confused by their silence.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFrrkJbrSR
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"Where is my brother?" I asked again.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGU75tmcKI
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Still, no one said anything.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGxT1E04k5
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After running several tests, the doctors finally decided it was time to tell me the truth.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7T3Uf5yLHW
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My parents were dead.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69JtoHheiD
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They had been murdered by a serial killer named Xumi.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyK2Wc32Fb0
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Apparently, Xumi was a dangerous killer who had been taking innocent lives for years, but he had never been caught.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrE0XjHviP8
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I didn't scream.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEiD9MsaowJ
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I didn't cry.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡede7hmaacw
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I just sat there, staring into nothing, wondering one thing.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8wLx5ac1D
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What was the point of life now?17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhbaY6YWCn
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After I recovered, I was taken to live with my relatives. For a few weeks, everything seemed okay. I started to believe that maybe, somehow, my life could become normal again.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwPA9FA3A9
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But then they died.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVoTryJEkL
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The police identified their cause of death as strangulation, but they couldn't find out who was responsible or how it happened.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAMrN5Hf69
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After that, I was sent to stay with another relative.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsYa6Gm52f
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For a while, things were peaceful.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6ECeEMaAR
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Then they died too.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmXbLpphnk
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And then another family took me in.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Y2aUQG2vT
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They died as well.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NwPoqDkcj
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At that point, the police started to suspect me. They wondered if I was somehow responsible for their deaths, but they had no evidence. I was only ten years old, and there was nothing they could prove.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzirdllaEy
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After the first few incidents, no other relatives wanted to take me in. They were afraid that they would become the next victims.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXwPu4EQbv
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Soon, people started calling me Mara.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgDKkuCcmp
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They believed that wherever I went, darkness followed.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NxwA9p2ln
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The government eventually decided that the safest option was to send me to an orphanage.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBK1uy3RO9
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And that was how I ended up here.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFzxGYkHrW
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I've tried to end my life many times. About ten times, to be exact. Each time, I was either saved or somehow survived. People called it luck, but I didn't see it that way.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxed5uN8mY
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It wasn't that I wanted to continue living. I wanted to pay for all my sins by going to hell, and I believed the only way to do that was by no longer being alive. But that night was different.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKc6B4AhLgD
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That night was supposed to be the end.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZi8GF1ufl
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I was locked in a room with no sharp objects or anything that could help me hurt myself. The orphanage had done everything they could to keep me safe, but I had already made up my mind.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjhFFwzo9Z
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It was a cold, windy night. I woke up exactly at 2 a.m., knowing that was when the nuns would be asleep. I quietly left a note behind, thanking them for everything they had done and for trying so hard to keep me alive.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDClu4pXtXj
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Then I walked up to the roof.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2ofrxWiR3
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The wind rushed against me as I stood there, looking into the darkness. I stood on the edge, ready to let everything end.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26OWP1wBO5
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Then I saw someone.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHvcCFOQkg
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She was tall, with brown hair and mascara smudged across her face, as if she had been crying for hours. She looked up at me and immediately shouted, "Hey, little girl! Come down from there, or you're going to die!"17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuk26rkHuP
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I ignored her and moved one leg forward.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLT6Koh1qv
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Her expression changed instantly. She looked horrified.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgnoT1VEtd
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"Come down now! You're going to die, and I don't want you to die. Please stop this. You don't understand how valuable your life is, so stop being selfish and come down!"17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYCSXQ0H8x
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I looked down and thought, Wow, she's really going to be the last person I talk to on this earth.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6HtOCeVLP
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I sighed.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGI0nixe7z
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"My life already ended a long time ago," I said. "So don't try to call me selfish when you know nothing about me."17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplBlRTWhVl
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She stared at me.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiyzbdBp6MZ
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"Do you have a family? Where's your mom or dad? You don't know how hard life is. You're probably just a sheltered kid who knows nothing about the world. You selfish,bratty coward."17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1qevGKG5H
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For some reason, those words hit a deep part of me.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8H4T8Sgpn
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"Selfish brat? How dare you call me that?" I shouted. "You have no idea what I've been through. Do you know how painful it was when my family was killed? Do you know what it feels like to be alone and then everyone abandons you? And you're telling me I'm selfish and a coward ?"17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJK12zXnF4
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Her expression softened, and she looked guilty.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKe1Q2NShw
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"I'm sorry for judging you," she said. "I'm going through a difficult time too. I just found out my sister has cancer. But I still mean what I said. You're a coward."17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPdtUeEqPq
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She took a deep breath before continuing.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHM6XSXPAqk
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"Do you really think your parents would be happy if you died? They wouldn't. They loved you. Your life meant everything to them, and giving up now would mean everything they did for you was wasted."17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXN1LRTHOK
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She looked at me seriously.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFVlfOJrpU
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"Tell me something. How did your parents die?"17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYqN9VT3hP
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"They were killed," I replied. "By a serial killer who still hasn't been caught."17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfCTpcw4Zx
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A small smile appeared on her face.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRisG1ctA5Q
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"Then boom. Now you have a purpose in life."17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcp5UY5Af3
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I looked at her, confused.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv26jnaYzNf
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"What do you mean?"17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJn2eANbvyT
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"They haven't been caught, right? So why don't you find the killer yourself?"17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqiImbtot5
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"But what if I lose?"17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgov4Gb9VBC
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"It doesn't matter," she said. "At the end of the day, you have nothing to lose. Not even your life."17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpb4822k2kP
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For the first time in a long time, I felt something I thought I had lost forever.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm46pp786HH
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Hope.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2HzQzfahC
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Most people told me to give up and live a peaceful life, but she said something different. She gave me a reason to keep going. Suddenly, I was determined to find the person who destroyed my family.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphmFFPRUt8
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The wind grew stronger as I tried to step away from the edge. But before I could fully move, a powerful gust pushed me forward.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcit9nX3TlN
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I fell.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQuYJ10uIrd
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But she reacted quickly.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHfb6eHaC4
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She caught me and broke my fall.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgiY2uALpAp
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She looked at me with a small smirk.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhqKXCXRJu
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"Hi, my name is Chloe. What's yours?"17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0LC8JTIcA
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I looked at her.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkzgWlJWcB
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"Uriah."17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwR2VM2rVZl
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And somehow, I had a feeling this day was going to be the beginning of something unforgettable.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8o80kVUxt
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