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My cold skin was slick with morning dew when I pulled myself from it to start the hunt for a trinket to present Missy with. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHZOmQazuL
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I still had some time before her voice would call on the wind. I'd find something beautiful to add to the collection I had already bestowed her with. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYALC9OZNt8
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Last time was a crumpled can stuffed with plucked wildflowers. I could do better this time. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPmOYfNR6n
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My hunt turned up an empty paper cup still with the plastic lid and straw attached. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJ9O3Z6bs2
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My heart thudded with excitement when I pulled the straw free to place it down. I turned my attention to the plastic lid that I flipped over and sliced with my claw into segments. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIkVjpKBok
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Ripping the paper cup along its length, I tore it into smaller segments, each with poked holes in the middle, so I could split it like I had done with the cup and fold in the rough edges. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSevpwuWzKg
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I pushed and crimped the paper until all the layers came together on the plastic bottom. I forced the straw back through, squashing the top into a ball. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5JwEVkXj2
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I held up my flower with pride, twirling its torn petals to see it present the flashes of colour that had been printed on the cup. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64A9yJlALI
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Would she like it? Should I make more? 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1t1cFnXL8Z
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I scanned the roadside to see a bottlecap embedded into the gravel there. There was a plastic bag further to my right. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6oe8wI1kcX
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One would do then. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CkU7Gnq5v
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Bartie was already there when I made my travel with the straw gently gripped around my teeth. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdDwDozmCRn
He held a magazine today that was folded on the crossword page. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5V23ameWRx
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"You be good to her, Soup!" he warned me with a raise of the paper while I continued past him "don't be giving her trouble, you hear?" 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkeOev3mNMh
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I caught sight of Missy's red hair stuffed beneath her blue helmet outside her house. She had on a dark red trench coat over her yellow dress that tried to peek beneath it. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJ4ZpIWmip
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She was going somewhere. She never wore that red jacket any other time. It was her best one. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFh6IgwxYx
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I raced along the tracks towards her and watched as she wheeled out her scooter to haul up the stand. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1L442zSrZ
Everything inside me fell at the sight of her laying down a bowl of water and thin vegetable soup in the grass she stomped down. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9TkmmvDu7
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"I've got to go" she apologised through her saddened tone "It’s not much, but I think it should be delicious."313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmhDHz4lab
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Wasn't she taking any for herself? The crate was only filled with parcels again. She didn't have room to fit food. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgdKxudqdN
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I lifted up the flower to her when she sat on her scooter to heave it forwards off the stand. The whole thing lurched but she wrestled it under control so she could start it up. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZHXAxgG20
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"Thank you" she smiled warmly to it, her eyes softening at the gesture "I'll hang onto this, OK? Maybe the people at the big city will like it?" 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv70IAvMjjw
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No. It was only for you to enjoy. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3Ebs9tFim
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"Got to go!" Missy panicked and shoved the flower down the side of the parcels when she looked ahead to see the train racing along the tracks "love you! Be good!" 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmp23rR2k9k
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She took off as fast as her scooter would allow her. It cut a path through the grass and struggled to keep up as the train easily graced the beginning of the bridge and powered on. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHYzKVEyWS
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I watched her speed for it desperately. Inside, I was hoping she would be just a little bit too late so she would have to come home and enjoy her time with me. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6IHZitVn5
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I saw her skid when she turned the corner to fly across the tracks and rush to park up her scooter while the train pulled into the station with a huff of its brakes. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWVzhs0SH6
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Her figure fumbled with her parcels and the flower before jumping aboard with only mere moments to spare. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14dgY2s8I2
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The train blared its horn then peeled from the station to quickly gather speed past the house. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JK2rOrK2i
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Missy slammed open a window, waving out to me. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkH4TQjuvKy
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"I'll see you tonight, Soup!" she called out "sorry!" 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tr3ofCdxK
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Her hand hung out the window, waving for a little while longer, until it was pulled back inside by the momentum speeding her off into the distance. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2IeXP9wAf
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I didn't chase her today. I just sat there with the watery soup, trying to drag out its bitter flavour that was far too diluted to even be called food. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgc66Wh3t5
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Not her best. She must have put everything into that nice one last night. It was a compromise she was willing to take. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD87WeU6jr3
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She'd be gone for hours. Maybe I could do something helpful and try to find a way to trickle some extra funds into her pocket? 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajy0gsxn98
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I peered back to the house she had left in a hurry instead.313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJ2kM6QD63
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She'd benefit more if I prepared something for her to come home to. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMeEZdLynGk
It'd be a nice surprise to have a warm house and hot food. She could even believe Bartie had waddled his way down here to do it for her. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssOQZLN5F7
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A stretch, but a believable one. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlg2bSC5c27
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I knew Missy didn't have locks on her windows. I could climb through the kitchen one and start there. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMzhlCyUyx
She always locked her front and back doors. There was no use trying that. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4I8fDsEHmB
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I clambered over the sink piled with dirty dishes and pots beneath the window, hooking my toes in the basin on my awkward crawl through. I desperately gripped onto the stone bench so I didn't slice my feet on the knives laid across it and go tumbling to the ground. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinyAFEjHmG
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After managing to unfold myself from the kitchen bench, I stood there to grimace at the mess left behind. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiA2snAwRis
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She really must have been in a rush. The pot from last night was here too with some water in the bottom to soak off the residue that clung to the water like a film. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIqCfuQ9tL
Utensils littered the cold water I dipped my claws into, and splatters of soup were still speckled across the oven behind me. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrH2QZvqMoO
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She'd be so pleased she wouldn't have to tackle this when she got back in her exhausted state. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1NE1xbXSvi
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I'd be better to do this in my human form. I could even give it some care too with a hot shower and proper food from Missy's fridge. She wouldn't notice if a little of it went missing. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9mITDRBIEc
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I shivered in anticipation at the thought of warm water and soothing soap sliding over my skin. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgp1EtFxxi
It was a luxury I hadn't had since I decided to live like this. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfKo1jV0Mc
People weren't exactly throwing bars of soap or bathtubs on the side of the road either. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWk6HcjGis
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Finding the shower was easy in her little home with barely any rooms within it. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmZgvMSW9m
The kitchen and loungeroom beside it were one combined area by the front door. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlMdOTuZqs
The door to the left was her sewing room. The one beside that was her bedroom. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1JkpN467d
The back door had another to the right of it where I finally found the bathroom and the shower piled with all sorts of scrubs, lotions, and soaps.
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I didn't know how dirty I was until I reformed my skin and stepped into the warmth billowing clouds of heat around me. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZhMqh9MU0
The water ran like mud from my body I scrubbed at and slathered with all sorts of food-scented products. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5EEfz3b5Nx
My black hair was saved from most of the neglect since it fell out when I took my wild form. Having it sprout back so rapidly made it burn at my scalp I tried to calm with cooling shampoos and conditioners. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYND7FwhcZH
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Missy didn't own any clothing that would fit me, and I wasn't about to go digging through her belongings to make sure. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOuZH7GAE8
The dark blue towel I buffed my body with became my new skirt I tied around my waist to have some sort of decency during the housework. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo33e6Eronq
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I flipped on the radio she had nestled on a cupboard in the kitchen and felt the energy of the music flood through me. It motivated me to hunt through the cupboards for spray and cloth so I could start on the splatter on the walls. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOrHhC5Ntp
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I drained the old water to fill the sink and pick through the dangerous submerged mess beneath the bubbles clouding them. I bopped to the contagious tunes, tapping my feet happily while seeing things slowly come together. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwj9eu78JX
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Her couch in the living room had the crushed blanket on it refolded and draped in the middle. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4CTc8ciWk
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The coffee table had the magazines across it restacked into the corner. The empty cup of coffee dropped into the sink, and the ceramic coasters of mosaic landscapes were replaced in their holder. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUci8Hz3LG
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The back door was thrown open to let through the fresh breeze and filter out the stale air. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsVWS7Y6Gt
It swept through the home and back out the windows I peeled up to help move the positive energy through the home. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaOs1gPHw5
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The garden a few steps from the back stairs was looking choked with weeds. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfF2O0bY9g
I snatched up the basket at the backdoor and headed for the rows of vegetables drooping under the sunlight. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLqo771cIq
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Hosing them down filled me with satisfaction. Plucking out the grass and baby thistles gave her beloved vegetables a new hope in their raised beds I skimmed through for the biggest heads I could pluck. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIspPgqJw9T
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The garden was still in early stages of replanting. I only had a few carrots and potatoes to heap into the basket looped over my arm. The pumpkins tangled in a growth of leaves were far too small to rip from the stems, and the new row of corn was barely breaking the surface of the dirt. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQtg4VEuHUC
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Missy was also trying to grow a little bush of blueberries in the corner. There were strawberries showing promise through their nibbled leaves I lifted up to inspect. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmYDIrWoUJ
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Looked like rabbits. I'd have to deal with them before she baited them and tainted their meat. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mjdq3vMmG
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The new vegetables made a nice pile on the benchtop while I fished through the fridge to find the soups Missy had stored into reusable containers. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcrM8t1OYi
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The watery vegetable one could be poured into the nice beef one to bulk it out and diminish the poor taste. With all the flavour in the beef one, the added vegetables would give it more heart. The fresh ones I had washed and cut could help stretch it further for her without destroying her hard work.313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkTpxAtJgV
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The stove clicked and snapped to life to steadily boil the soups I poured into the pot over it. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJlRNASGfP
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A few herbs from the window wouldn't hurt. I threw them in too and increased the heat before continuing my cleaning of the house. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsG3xitPqMc
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Music thumped through the silence when I stepped back to admire my work. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdY9KoItJfZ
The combined living area looked homely and inviting. On the coffee table I had even placed the baby thistles pulled from the garden into a little brown bottle I found sitting beside her bin. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjy8RL0kTZp
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Somehow, it worked. The spikes of the thistle leaves and the peeking purple fluffed at the top of the close heads added a rugged beauty to the wooden table. It wasn't soft wildflowers, but it was something I was sure she'd appreciate nether less. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsyUd7KGDs
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Saving the soup from the heat, I poured myself a steaming bowl and nestled into her couch to enjoy a job well done. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskFNc1vNpP
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The flavour was as hearty as the original batch with the added rosemary clinging to the beef and the basil wrapped into the multitude of vegetables buried beneath the brown broth. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcw33gu5az
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Missy will love this. There wasn't a hint of the sadness that was the soup she had thrown together today. She'd come home to something that would warm her soul as much as mine. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTskzSt5YS
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I smiled around my spoon, savouring every bit of warmth slipping over my tongue. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotrJpnhIKd
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It'd be better if she came through those doors, expecting me to be here. She'd smile at the sight of me, and I'd go over to kiss her cheek before asking her how her day was. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCc6iaC3lRG
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Maybe she'd have stories of the big city to tell? She did like this one man who pretended to be a statue in the square. It fascinated her how resolved he was amongst all the faces refusing to look at him. Missy liked to throw change into his hat just to see him smile. She understood his struggle a little too well. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvRp2nGTzU
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She could come speeding home, screaming out my name and jumping around the house that she sold every one of her dresses today. We'd hold each other and celebrate with a lavish cake from the bakery. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9N8s1gsePa
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But I had to be gone before she saw me here. I wouldn't get to see her reaction or comfort her if it all went wrong. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPQw0mNdfc
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Missy usually never sold her dresses. I was expecting disappointment that I couldn't chase away. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5U4JYKhit
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"One day, Soup" I muttered to myself between another spoonful I gazed down at. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPGHQJI5vN
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A droning outside caught my attention and lifted my head from the bowl I cupped. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQiP5QQAM2V
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I got to my feet and was on my way to the window when I saw the train barrel past with its lights illuminating my frozen stance. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0r017qPqHn
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Was it that time already?313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8gC7lABpK
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I wasn't expecting her home yet. The night sky was darkened outside and already starting to poke its stars through the rippling sky. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAFAmAIFFD
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Missy was in her way. I could hear her scooter whining for rest. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XLOlG0Lox
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Slamming the windows shut, I glanced around for anything else I had left out of place. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9ooFsJUzO
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The front door slammed before I skidded to the oven to rip out a container from the cupboard below to tip the soup into, slopping some on the bench. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5u21S7JZhb
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The plastic wrap I slapped over it wasn’t going to seal the steam trying to pry it up on its way into the fridge. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtv9K7DPxD
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Did I have time to clean the pot? What about my bowl? 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKRA6aqOhO
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The scooter was getting closer and making my heart hammer in panic. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4012XT7esb
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I couldn't be seen here. Not like this. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJLLWjwPKV
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Scrubbing frantically at the bowl, I managed to rub it clean and toss it into the cupboard with the rest. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3q8J60uxu
I still clutched the pot that I filled with water when I saw light flood the grass and Missy's scooter chop a new path through it towards the fence. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAEWcpq3gZ
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Dropping the pot clumsily, I bolted for the back door. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4AklzYzx5
I only stopped when I realised that the radio was still singing out as Missy leaned her scooter up in the front yard. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDg0wJFXzG6
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Dashing back, I snapped the radio off and was scurrying for the back door while frantic feet hurried for the front. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDl12OlX1aG
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I hid behind the door I closed behind me, trying to catch my breath that had escaped me in my desperate state. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYanpVmhBtf
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"Hello?" Missy called out when she stepped inside "is someone there?" 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9N7tez6Qo
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She had heard the radio. Maybe she had heard me too? I hadn't exactly been silent in my rampage to remain unseen. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFviyHC4WzU
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Her rushing feet barrelling for the back door told me she had. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHhTNmI5js
I jolted from it, squatting in the dirt as I tore at my skin that dropped the towel at my trembling feet. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTOthbEKuf
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The back door opened to a flood of light over my hunched frame. It had me squinting up to try and see Missy's body failing to block most of it.313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwH17A15WH
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I had forgot to turn them off. My heart dropped at my overlooked mistake that was so blatantly obvious. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEH4J2GowZ
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"Soup?" 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡueLEJ5BV8d
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I didn't say anything. I was too busy trying to catch my breath without making it obvious I was struggling. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJofJ56M7e
I was surprised she couldn't hear my heart hammering in my throat as I tried to swallow it back down. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8mjQUdPa4
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Her brown eyes didn't leave mine. They were flooded with worry and doubt. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaISH2xQit
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I wasn't still human, was I? 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8Xnsbkl4q
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Quickly, I scanned my hands to see claws in the place of nails. They pricked at my teeth that were shattered into points. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFa2CV2JwNs
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Missy looked back into the house with a frown, holding a thumb to it. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgIVFrFXL6
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"Was that..." she hesitated, checking again "...you?" 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9wHMo2WXW
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She wasn't sure. All she could do was check the cleaned house then cock her head back at me. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBWPVbznVY
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Missy crouched down and I could see the hem of her dress shaking under her red coat. Her eyes searched, trying to piece it all together. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyTN40q23X
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She was milling over her own silent conclusions, and I didn't like it. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ATzdYBRgE
She looked at me different. Her eyes probed for answers she didn't want. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrO0ILJt07
She swallowed and tried to steady her voice that wavered when it came out at barely a whisper. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQIP6juqbm
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"Did you...?" 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRe1mxNilI
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She shuffled forth and I backed up, searching for an exit that wasn't blocked in by her fence ringing the tiny yard dedicated to her garden I had ploughed through. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg51Tu0464u
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I had made it so obvious in my hope not to see the repercussions. It was meant to fall on someone else, not me. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3hPeX0pHg
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I wasn't meant to be here. I couldn't be here. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2Uzbcpsj7
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I had to get out. I didn't want to see her fear flitting at me or listen to the way her breathing trembled. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vMKp6AHvK
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The front door was still open in Missy's pursuit for her intruder. I'd go for that. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocCnn1f6kQ
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Missy backed up immediately when I darted around her and raced for the door. I hesitated on the front porch but saw her running after me.313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPB8xheHQVJ
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"Soup!" she called out, arm outstretched. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGZcyGMpX3
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No. She couldn't see me here. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFdenZgQYF
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I scrambled down the stairs as her feet pounded on the wood behind me and slithered through the tall grass to find refuge only a few paces away. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztM0aUgPU6
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Missy gripped the fence, scanning blindly with tears in her eyes. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh85V1D6Z6E
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"Soup!" her voice called, shaking "wait! You don't have to go!" 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGUDOqxmJx
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She covered her mouth with the back of her hand to try and stifle the sob that slipped through. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNhGhHrtXL
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I wanted to comfort her but knew I couldn't. She was already suspicious of my presence and would confirm her own theories if I returned. I'd ruin it for the both of us. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvE7ZmhtVfQ
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I moved, turning for the safety of the East. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJobfH9vLpo
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"Soup?" Missy sniffled at the rustling of the grass, her head lifting in my direction. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbriQB6sNME
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I bolted for the tracks before she could try and call me back, keeping my eyes firmly on the safety of the bridge shrouded in darkness where I knew she wouldn't be able to reach me. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXrdzNkhf2i
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She would have a clear head tomorrow. She'd sleep on her silly stories and realise that I couldn't possibly have done all that; her simple pet. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvbcFCrzA4
She'd be happy, knowing that she would still have no burdens in her life, and things would go back to pleasant chit-chat over food together.313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNPL5P4BL1
I'd love her silently and she would dream of bright futures where everyone wore her dresses. 313Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvIIWoWHnR
It would be how it was.
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