"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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsdJr2AMCN
But it wasn't always like this.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2z6d1VkUvz
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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSbWAIbncZ
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUZlcShwdF
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKO9U11I72A
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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nxfwbRqSd
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He had two different-colored eyes, one blue and the other green.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQUsRmAiNj
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"Hey, little girl," he called. "Come here."20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOA0otF4kjJ
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpNNbNlRlE
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmoArHkMW2
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Finally, she broke the silence.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RcioDL1p0
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2z3MxvVFGW
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwE9dU8p1Cd
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDAEldMuvk
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A little while later, she smiled at me as if nothing had happened and started making dinner.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjOsT47yKn
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Spaghetti and meatballs.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwlc6JQAiU
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡye4sI8REns
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Then the lights went out.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVeJEfKrcF
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At first, I thought it was just a power outage. I was wrong.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogczl3bLFb
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrPZHUN30I
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Then everything went silent.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXgSQtbkKIb
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8Ho35gi57
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Right. Left. Right. Left.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAMxS9n5aP
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Each step grew louder as whoever it was walked closer to my door. Then the footsteps stopped.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjGZ1LXUvX
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkLsyjfFbJ
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The footsteps returned.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllTul0sE9g
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Right. Left. Right. Left.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwT45zlpYga
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Whoever it was slowly walked into my room.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdYbzyp2j7
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡperzVKK1Cz
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Everything went still.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxyNUvBKUV
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Then the knife stabbed through the closet door.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fZCNwgJA3
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jcLsfxVE4
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Then, just as suddenly as it had started, it stopped.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UBynHEuLZ
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrr2sLQs8Lw
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeTD8L0Uq94
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8nhFNNlP6
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I ran downstairs as fast as I could.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcI6tR0HrED
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The moment I reached the kitchen, my entire world fell apart.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlHAoP3pVO
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqdb02WjRK
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkIuYmkAMN
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"Where are my parents?" I asked.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoS0XTdmI0b
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No one answered.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1kxzwtsxE
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I looked around at their worried faces, confused by their silence.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJejXi337D0
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"Where is my brother?" I asked again.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cxLfzmYdU
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Still, no one said anything.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNahEWHIGl
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After running several tests, the doctors finally decided it was time to tell me the truth.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRq5sgQZzwf
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My parents were dead.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNtKRqMyD6
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They had been murdered by a serial killer named Xumi.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLaiuMKWy0u
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Apparently, Xumi was a dangerous killer who had been taking innocent lives for years, but he had never been caught.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOQNZS2d7W
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I didn't scream.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdfewBDBuD
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I didn't cry.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFA9VOtx5xf
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I just sat there, staring into nothing, wondering one thing.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GiDSRq6sV
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What was the point of life now?20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2IsAi7zSd
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWKfIP649T
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But then they died.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrR2Bmms5cl
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63MyIo2rBd
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After that, I was sent to stay with another relative.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdfuq2QDRv
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For a while, things were peaceful.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqH12gmNrmP
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Then they died too.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORulnXrdMp
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And then another family took me in.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BLy8mDIIY
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They died as well.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxH8vHIYc8N
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡviQmAjnDXX
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOjcOvdTX3
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Soon, people started calling me Mara.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eK3dlsRZs
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They believed that wherever I went, darkness followed.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtHgG22SPn
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The government eventually decided that the safest option was to send me to an orphanage.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdoDctuY8rp
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And that was how I ended up here.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1WOG7A1epM
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBPGIjhrHh
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eUXO1E8hQ
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That night was supposed to be the end.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVitxNwnNn
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkKQLkTmyA
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnngnKk9N7s
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Then I walked up to the roof.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAchIJKGlaI
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJraLLdgeNr
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Then I saw someone.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCF8V86Hog6
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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!"20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXMyysJApB
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I ignored her and moved one leg forward.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp00LUnWuWV
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Her expression changed instantly. She looked horrified.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZG4MYVPsF
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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!"20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItucoo9ENq
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6zfpaG2Z3
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I sighed.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMlTr7bzx0H
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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."20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMvNoVcDPj
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She stared at me.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQD5LVgJa7C
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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."20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfjk4r23HO
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For some reason, those words hit a deep part of me.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswadJ1tztu
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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 ?"20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhwf7WExwS
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Her expression softened, and she looked guilty.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHNOR8fUrh5
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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."20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkUuyro9pv
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She took a deep breath before continuing.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJ9tWBg3aM
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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."20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsMCZPRjSw
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She looked at me seriously.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0ZV0TdUoV
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"Tell me something. How did your parents die?"20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgJmvYVRhG
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"They were killed," I replied. "By a serial killer who still hasn't been caught."20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdyH60Ai7v
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A small smile appeared on her face.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBNDE9A8iFo
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"Then boom. Now you have a purpose in life."20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgEohO3lx8O
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I looked at her, confused.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28GdAMZABM
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"What do you mean?"20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7momhxwS79
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"They haven't been caught, right? So why don't you find the killer yourself?"20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4JJuOrDmz
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"But what if I lose?"20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQa23yfcRt
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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."20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡciLIeo0fm2
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For the first time in a long time, I felt something I thought I had lost forever.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXKIQPzXQT
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Hope.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWdyfDpmlf
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28tEBrkTnB
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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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZll6Nx5clw
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I fell.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQeOywtsWU2
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But she reacted quickly.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtaytAbMOFY
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She caught me and broke my fall.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPLbC9XXO0
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She looked at me with a small smirk.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGjPHKdR6a
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"Hi, my name is Chloe. What's yours?"20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkfYGRF97l
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I looked at her.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRiWO7XqtpS
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"Uriah."20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmtDhnMTVN
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And somehow, I had a feeling this day was going to be the beginning of something unforgettable.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUq96p0gUs
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