"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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmx2ANpGDC6
But it wasn't always like this.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6D4SPPTbR
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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4ewWvA3YY
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOxLgTb6PB
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoflppNBMav
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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfN2bVOmr5
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He had two different-colored eyes, one blue and the other green.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSFPGYIMN8
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"Hey, little girl," he called. "Come here."8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUhMpLNjRf
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2SGFsrBIO
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjIx1G0qnt
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Finally, she broke the silence.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4x581cCXT
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAIiSRAPove
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1WJuRQcYYw
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0s98HsZ4oM
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A little while later, she smiled at me as if nothing had happened and started making dinner.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1K7KRrkhGG
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Spaghetti and meatballs.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZak6ZjEWfY
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0C5vdyJei
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Then the lights went out.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BP3WePTBD
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At first, I thought it was just a power outage. I was wrong.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdirYUUX0TX
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7pKwrDutR
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Then everything went silent.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7b9Kz3l3cb
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4FCCYOR0Dm
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Right. Left. Right. Left.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPkQLMX4PV
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Each step grew louder as whoever it was walked closer to my door. Then the footsteps stopped.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjVAYjHlov
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw59QTRGtms
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The footsteps returned.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6mqgdkTEv
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Right. Left. Right. Left.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXrWwUWORSY
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Whoever it was slowly walked into my room.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS28JTjMH00
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8TMnvFuPJ
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Everything went still.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWhfDGl4A0
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Then the knife stabbed through the closet door.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPt0wBNs0n6
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxeSfCiQtV1
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Then, just as suddenly as it had started, it stopped.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ264WmOyX5c
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOVcfDS87D
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwD6QNAlUPK
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEeujqQrYHB
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I ran downstairs as fast as I could.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdLs0Coym6
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The moment I reached the kitchen, my entire world fell apart.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoprhQfrfsG
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx33vT6eFbQ
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9hxd3gr6qS
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"Where are my parents?" I asked.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQewdBHhkDG
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No one answered.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggf5JzQGCL
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I looked around at their worried faces, confused by their silence.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkzMdrIH61
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"Where is my brother?" I asked again.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIOW3LBdvY
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Still, no one said anything.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPMrKVL8jj
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After running several tests, the doctors finally decided it was time to tell me the truth.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdDAwjy83e
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My parents were dead.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuiaSsKKeFK
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They had been murdered by a serial killer named Xumi.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcu2lzgKJwv
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Apparently, Xumi was a dangerous killer who had been taking innocent lives for years, but he had never been caught.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL486uxoUOa
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I didn't scream.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4a1dgeiDr
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I didn't cry.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQf8qZJiVD
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I just sat there, staring into nothing, wondering one thing.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCNWZF7wwe
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What was the point of life now?8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnh9xMVpXq
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHko2lNa7XT
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But then they died.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSI4c3gKvdb
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMqqhTlu23
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After that, I was sent to stay with another relative.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3atjnShM5
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For a while, things were peaceful.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8lF8uMGHJ
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Then they died too.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zHllxQjiG
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And then another family took me in.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUelP4UxhvP
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They died as well.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPCCslDHjVu
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvYdj1dULJ
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuHVdP6DY0
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Soon, people started calling me Mara.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eHC6o5C34
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They believed that wherever I went, darkness followed.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwZVkXMFG6
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The government eventually decided that the safest option was to send me to an orphanage.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0u2BJVDyj
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And that was how I ended up here.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHQ5Tro6vu
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcs8D0bEPIR
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqZqWZZ1Q4
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That night was supposed to be the end.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcy500Cy4Ro
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdmBqlmkLy
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrJK6Pc53k
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Then I walked up to the roof.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigYfKEM0Ff
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbl9koQBVk
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Then I saw someone.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7PRi4PogA
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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!"8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPpMaE4KEd
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I ignored her and moved one leg forward.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3AGVImMDD
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Her expression changed instantly. She looked horrified.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOzbZQw24U
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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!"8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvM2xP72mzC
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGV56EfKoAt
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I sighed.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWwuOrBIp6
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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."8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoWyeYK32R
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She stared at me.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzdXQOVDdZ
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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."8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8K3HUxFmQ
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For some reason, those words hit a deep part of me.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKLqkWWtfn
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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 ?"8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjFbmgRlcL
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Her expression softened, and she looked guilty.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZ88DKY45J
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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."8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu25wp2gyVv
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She took a deep breath before continuing.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCeHVoZmPbH
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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."8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEitHUVkFiq
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She looked at me seriously.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mwnLU2bOL
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"Tell me something. How did your parents die?"8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcCA5urzvXU
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"They were killed," I replied. "By a serial killer who still hasn't been caught."8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6oIXLWleWk
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A small smile appeared on her face.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRczSZJaU3x
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"Then boom. Now you have a purpose in life."8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3eVedSZeB
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I looked at her, confused.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ490ACl0Ex
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"What do you mean?"8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLre2grFCN
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"They haven't been caught, right? So why don't you find the killer yourself?"8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEuwXeGFG5
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"But what if I lose?"8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPG1vdCtah3
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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."8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcyvWDa0Dg
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For the first time in a long time, I felt something I thought I had lost forever.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitvZp82VEx
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Hope.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnBM3sld95
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWxLwomSJhj
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsS3beAmVZv
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I fell.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15SOVO3IaP
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But she reacted quickly.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0HSUo2QaW
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She caught me and broke my fall.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgVL8Z1d3V
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She looked at me with a small smirk.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnUuI5wnXP
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"Hi, my name is Chloe. What's yours?"8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0QNkletxC
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I looked at her.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIge0Hb0JT
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"Uriah."8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NZJHfhpml
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And somehow, I had a feeling this day was going to be the beginning of something unforgettable.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9DgF8M8g6
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