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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7rhzlH56S
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gnfJY3bST
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Last time was a crumpled can stuffed with plucked wildflowers. I could do better this time. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOH4VzU7Nh
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My hunt turned up an empty paper cup still with the plastic lid and straw attached. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHzeY5pgpn
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxF1jjJ3EY
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Yrvj4IwdK
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUrDcQ3KaRO
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBX8kJhYlcZ
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Would she like it? Should I make more? 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZqlkXcbM2
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHzglMd1TX
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One would do then. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ombz49BWd
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Bartie was already there when I made my travel with the straw gently gripped around my teeth. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1s2EKpQyk
He held a magazine today that was folded on the crossword page. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgbyviuZlH
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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?" 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwf6a15CwM9
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOhpf5417lt
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She was going somewhere. She never wore that red jacket any other time. It was her best one. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5UNapTyvgF
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I raced along the tracks towards her and watched as she wheeled out her scooter to haul up the stand. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORly9Gq6JM
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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4iwZgi1fN
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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."267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMz2UF5NPVZ
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3Ytj1HfAk
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NfNbGLZUM
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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?" 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlAJVsYbAm
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No. It was only for you to enjoy. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSROtYRJITI
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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!" 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngyc3jXYYq
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmpWAnOxhw
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZzQhIREd6
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMCGm5scp9
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Her figure fumbled with her parcels and the flower before jumping aboard with only mere moments to spare. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgavKPUmmw
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The train blared its horn then peeled from the station to quickly gather speed past the house. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmoeLXMtzA7
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Missy slammed open a window, waving out to me. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpapY9W3gQ4
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"I'll see you tonight, Soup!" she called out "sorry!" 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0OkEqByjzG
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YOyOUWdWV
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNjVSdl2EF
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUjTPkaAEW
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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? 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJqHLBopeB
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I peered back to the house she had left in a hurry instead.267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwI9rrV25db
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She'd benefit more if I prepared something for her to come home to. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZTYwn8u3R
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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBWz9VlA4M
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A stretch, but a believable one. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0I1f3f9Zxl
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I knew Missy didn't have locks on her windows. I could climb through the kitchen one and start there. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90KRKHJcqv
She always locked her front and back doors. There was no use trying that. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf79O8rSsFQ
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡesuw3933bK
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After managing to unfold myself from the kitchen bench, I stood there to grimace at the mess left behind. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBS2Igh8L4T
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCa10TD223
Utensils littered the cold water I dipped my claws into, and splatters of soup were still speckled across the oven behind me. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpOmJQr2fs
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She'd be so pleased she wouldn't have to tackle this when she got back in her exhausted state. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CRezjEs1P
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrag7aQpop
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I shivered in anticipation at the thought of warm water and soothing soap sliding over my skin. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdnu3VHd2P
It was a luxury I hadn't had since I decided to live like this. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡauf7V8azHT
People weren't exactly throwing bars of soap or bathtubs on the side of the road either. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwOx68OftL
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Finding the shower was easy in her little home with barely any rooms within it. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzb0uOLwOu
The kitchen and loungeroom beside it were one combined area by the front door. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhx78oeDpd
The door to the left was her sewing room. The one beside that was her bedroom. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZCj2qaNKX
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.8964 copyright protection263ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPJRMXV4w2 維尼

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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8sWuqKrpkn
The water ran like mud from my body I scrubbed at and slathered with all sorts of food-scented products. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMnuwBkAnT
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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPOqGE2shR
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu24MWvB0ay
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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGH9hPmEgwR
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJQzTbnSdl
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQCbE29xeo
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Her couch in the living room had the crushed blanket on it refolded and draped in the middle. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpke5MEFGLv
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYzuwEKEuf
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The back door was thrown open to let through the fresh breeze and filter out the stale air. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlci0KFMfph
It swept through the home and back out the windows I peeled up to help move the positive energy through the home. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdtUXpRq69
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The garden a few steps from the back stairs was looking choked with weeds. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrjCjeFTCY
I snatched up the basket at the backdoor and headed for the rows of vegetables drooping under the sunlight. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPuur3PEq2
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqCouq4gGT
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TTVjx34pm
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5AXNwpbI6
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Looked like rabbits. I'd have to deal with them before she baited them and tainted their meat. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVjWyfzJqu
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILr2nw749B
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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.267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtCd1boSuh
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The stove clicked and snapped to life to steadily boil the soups I poured into the pot over it. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRYqkKB3yU
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNAmNz68rO
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Music thumped through the silence when I stepped back to admire my work. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hkvJe6Frj
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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeb6wWMAaoZ
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf13KyW6bdy
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDgxDCwNE6
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTTknuTALV
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03m8IWrIgP
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I smiled around my spoon, savouring every bit of warmth slipping over my tongue. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxf4JsvnU5
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tMksunb0u
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67t6F2ayY6
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdAujDIdmte
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNj182Z3GQ2
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Missy usually never sold her dresses. I was expecting disappointment that I couldn't chase away. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEawnQHjV6S
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"One day, Soup" I muttered to myself between another spoonful I gazed down at. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshGOsDnSXs
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A droning outside caught my attention and lifted my head from the bowl I cupped. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VeScipmNM
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwyUYUbkJz8
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Was it that time already?267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNi8OtsRKg
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBR8WJJ2vX
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Missy was in her way. I could hear her scooter whining for rest. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcj7VB7RER5
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Slamming the windows shut, I glanced around for anything else I had left out of place. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnZkxAdgwj
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFf642JRVB
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVh8LYiJVvM
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Did I have time to clean the pot? What about my bowl? 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqlnRGte6kX
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The scooter was getting closer and making my heart hammer in panic. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9vchBr5uN
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I couldn't be seen here. Not like this. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRSNQmlF72
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Scrubbing frantically at the bowl, I managed to rub it clean and toss it into the cupboard with the rest. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyUm3UO6gl
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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8PB4E3UFn
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Dropping the pot clumsily, I bolted for the back door. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2lbHCKwRI
I only stopped when I realised that the radio was still singing out as Missy leaned her scooter up in the front yard. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2pmxUKrBj
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdczUFBTRoS
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGt3jnyLa4
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"Hello?" Missy called out when she stepped inside "is someone there?" 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHe61WpEpv
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFzPMm8H3o
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Her rushing feet barrelling for the back door told me she had. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRV4FvvsrQb
I jolted from it, squatting in the dirt as I tore at my skin that dropped the towel at my trembling feet. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOXGIubJUK
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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.267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmPIZh1djW
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I had forgot to turn them off. My heart dropped at my overlooked mistake that was so blatantly obvious. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0N9y8dH8gX
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"Soup?" 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBWHoC2HRS
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTj7GnRf5M
I was surprised she couldn't hear my heart hammering in my throat as I tried to swallow it back down. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94oKjPzyDm
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Her brown eyes didn't leave mine. They were flooded with worry and doubt. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFtAmAH8yq
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I wasn't still human, was I? 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2A1jFbI1Ng
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zXaAvW5jw
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Missy looked back into the house with a frown, holding a thumb to it. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0aVEIBXLm
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"Was that..." she hesitated, checking again "...you?" 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbHZesb0Y8
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She wasn't sure. All she could do was check the cleaned house then cock her head back at me. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4gh7xmD1y
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGKXbtOzy7
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She was milling over her own silent conclusions, and I didn't like it. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2jsRhhvkY
She looked at me different. Her eyes probed for answers she didn't want. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PpDITJVze
She swallowed and tried to steady her voice that wavered when it came out at barely a whisper. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmq0e7Fz0Fx
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"Did you...?" 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4t1W5g6n7N
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWuKne2mPQK
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1n4kkOuFwi
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I wasn't meant to be here. I couldn't be here. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFrJOQOAWY
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkPVmsUbCh
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The front door was still open in Missy's pursuit for her intruder. I'd go for that. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODOBpYvmVY
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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.267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50osdhYiVL
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"Soup!" she called out, arm outstretched. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmUCczoLC5
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No. She couldn't see me here. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxF801wCV8L
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdkWdwIH3B
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Missy gripped the fence, scanning blindly with tears in her eyes. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdRX2Bq3fX
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"Soup!" her voice called, shaking "wait! You don't have to go!" 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq90UNjVeT4
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She covered her mouth with the back of her hand to try and stifle the sob that slipped through. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡciLVhDCL5c
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeuRvZs6snB
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I moved, turning for the safety of the East. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfvHQ8CjEz
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"Soup?" Missy sniffled at the rustling of the grass, her head lifting in my direction. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEF7XELrw0
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkZqgTmpT7
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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. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWHSNqrnZG
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.267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2EDP0Inou
I'd love her silently and she would dream of bright futures where everyone wore her dresses. 267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87XWdzT9UG
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