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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSCcrhc8gm
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQNhMUT1nC
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Last time was a crumpled can stuffed with plucked wildflowers. I could do better this time. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCw4t8NWI06
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My hunt turned up an empty paper cup still with the plastic lid and straw attached. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtdRYwZUoo
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97y1MgNsQ6
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKD4Anfog2I
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjkC6nst0d
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6f4YJSC10
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Would she like it? Should I make more? 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzA4NNTaD0a
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56UnriWslX
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One would do then. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdmztcmlIq
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Bartie was already there when I made my travel with the straw gently gripped around my teeth. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6gNS76zFg
He held a magazine today that was folded on the crossword page. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMCEflqW1m
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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?" 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOvc38VYnZ
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWWPJ0ov2M
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She was going somewhere. She never wore that red jacket any other time. It was her best one. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIr8e3SLV5
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I raced along the tracks towards her and watched as she wheeled out her scooter to haul up the stand. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUPVVLhgQc
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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttxQEDEPqK
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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."247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyu9gMznf61
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUru3kQ2eJR
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPYuA7HBQD
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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?" 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tln1j0d3n
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No. It was only for you to enjoy. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BK3nyX6bV
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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!" 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPO2hGF5xu5
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwmwfP3FFf
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2EyMLczxL
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57M0WYetuS
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Her figure fumbled with her parcels and the flower before jumping aboard with only mere moments to spare. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4a0Tc1ZZm
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The train blared its horn then peeled from the station to quickly gather speed past the house. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8rDqVLVpg4
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Missy slammed open a window, waving out to me. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLlusCaUQS
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"I'll see you tonight, Soup!" she called out "sorry!" 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9oAkzFzIih
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8sGj2RlFLZ
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6gOk6majO
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfvF2yG57Z
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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? 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYcjMMDNUPM
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I peered back to the house she had left in a hurry instead.247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4xNnjLeuU
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She'd benefit more if I prepared something for her to come home to. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmTJuEpDtk
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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSIrtSkdQFl
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A stretch, but a believable one. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCvrsLxSOD
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I knew Missy didn't have locks on her windows. I could climb through the kitchen one and start there. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QurNhs3Q4
She always locked her front and back doors. There was no use trying that. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNYLSs2k0E
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNc2jnyMzAV
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After managing to unfold myself from the kitchen bench, I stood there to grimace at the mess left behind. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6246vZKgi
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUaEbLtI5l
Utensils littered the cold water I dipped my claws into, and splatters of soup were still speckled across the oven behind me. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvj4vgRAiyw
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She'd be so pleased she wouldn't have to tackle this when she got back in her exhausted state. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcSNRRvyfD
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsp12c5Ccgq
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I shivered in anticipation at the thought of warm water and soothing soap sliding over my skin. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQs4BaJmFIJ
It was a luxury I hadn't had since I decided to live like this. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGHoJESlcs
People weren't exactly throwing bars of soap or bathtubs on the side of the road either. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBEPcE0st6
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Finding the shower was easy in her little home with barely any rooms within it. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdifeaVMtou
The kitchen and loungeroom beside it were one combined area by the front door. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAo38kLep45
The door to the left was her sewing room. The one beside that was her bedroom. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhVPhsqcq0
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 protection243ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8ORx17xPW 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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRvOU4PCPl
The water ran like mud from my body I scrubbed at and slathered with all sorts of food-scented products. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZrHWm3eAd
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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkIxzSxFbz
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0I5zG36rMs
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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSHZOSrV6e
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXAVAihgpH
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrE6hWgNeTc
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Her couch in the living room had the crushed blanket on it refolded and draped in the middle. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUqOnQSVMD
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Nty0DHvae
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The back door was thrown open to let through the fresh breeze and filter out the stale air. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9xEPcsKbx
It swept through the home and back out the windows I peeled up to help move the positive energy through the home. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdu0MrEtujR
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The garden a few steps from the back stairs was looking choked with weeds. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowBDqwhd85
I snatched up the basket at the backdoor and headed for the rows of vegetables drooping under the sunlight. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvFFzBPmFJ
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTL5e7j2ry
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNanhSaSOY
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMbbPuuhUS
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Looked like rabbits. I'd have to deal with them before she baited them and tainted their meat. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5mZugrHBC
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9Nqsgm8Qw
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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.247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxGZIqBuBDX
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The stove clicked and snapped to life to steadily boil the soups I poured into the pot over it. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMi0e9tvawT
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8F5Vu02Hv
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Music thumped through the silence when I stepped back to admire my work. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnvFhLMfdc
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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpj3JMpCGKV
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPpy7SIh7E
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXKUOJhhJP
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6ZNhoh5mN
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyPTTI5mr6
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I smiled around my spoon, savouring every bit of warmth slipping over my tongue. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnMIGGPt2x
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5VcqNkOLt
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgleQbar2bI
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXySUx5m9W
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQqnOCgut6
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Missy usually never sold her dresses. I was expecting disappointment that I couldn't chase away. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtB574ZGJ7V
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"One day, Soup" I muttered to myself between another spoonful I gazed down at. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3ltLOjB8Q
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A droning outside caught my attention and lifted my head from the bowl I cupped. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGj0YxARVk
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakEnMZOaV2
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Was it that time already?247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMzjzBkB5O
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJYe2S3fns
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Missy was in her way. I could hear her scooter whining for rest. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuQOZ1SXSB
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Slamming the windows shut, I glanced around for anything else I had left out of place. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMr4fLyTNW
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheEwbZLo7t
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2GfJPhsvW
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Did I have time to clean the pot? What about my bowl? 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDbT7UE9Am
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The scooter was getting closer and making my heart hammer in panic. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJX5e2LAmH0
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I couldn't be seen here. Not like this. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqQ223wgVN
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Scrubbing frantically at the bowl, I managed to rub it clean and toss it into the cupboard with the rest. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzxAfsXxsj
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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTK7DR5UxHI
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Dropping the pot clumsily, I bolted for the back door. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSKUGv746N
I only stopped when I realised that the radio was still singing out as Missy leaned her scooter up in the front yard. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJLkIPcWgT
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNalHG3PKO
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXknbeNNEGk
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"Hello?" Missy called out when she stepped inside "is someone there?" 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5c8CPf6WW
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MLUB3zfdU
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Her rushing feet barrelling for the back door told me she had. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAMwe775Y0
I jolted from it, squatting in the dirt as I tore at my skin that dropped the towel at my trembling feet. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yEKfmt6Aj
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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.247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Xs4ed8FOz
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I had forgot to turn them off. My heart dropped at my overlooked mistake that was so blatantly obvious. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0EuMnZEG3
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"Soup?" 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26UlScxJYX
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mSgAsSXnl
I was surprised she couldn't hear my heart hammering in my throat as I tried to swallow it back down. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOyoSqAZS7
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Her brown eyes didn't leave mine. They were flooded with worry and doubt. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrWsEnuUlW
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I wasn't still human, was I? 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqLNKZtCfr
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDd7tKXKQ8O
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Missy looked back into the house with a frown, holding a thumb to it. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCCVhl4fmd
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"Was that..." she hesitated, checking again "...you?" 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZyE7B4GL0
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She wasn't sure. All she could do was check the cleaned house then cock her head back at me. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFwrD9piwU
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdVxw65UHp
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She was milling over her own silent conclusions, and I didn't like it. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9O5AOYLhA4
She looked at me different. Her eyes probed for answers she didn't want. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdEJx3r6JO
She swallowed and tried to steady her voice that wavered when it came out at barely a whisper. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipakRIC9gc
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"Did you...?" 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGeHz1Uodd
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYG2ZPSQLF
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vMHH3ddcV
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I wasn't meant to be here. I couldn't be here. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWdKpLZVXe
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5E1pKejMz
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The front door was still open in Missy's pursuit for her intruder. I'd go for that. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgIVbPvpuV4
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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.247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQMXojSCi2
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"Soup!" she called out, arm outstretched. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLQpgeQ7j8
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No. She couldn't see me here. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEPRgywRHK
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11KTm4s7wh
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Missy gripped the fence, scanning blindly with tears in her eyes. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASZXFHzsHF
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"Soup!" her voice called, shaking "wait! You don't have to go!" 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKKJESmDfo
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She covered her mouth with the back of her hand to try and stifle the sob that slipped through. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEdu6MgQFF
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghj8fe9nZU
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I moved, turning for the safety of the East. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPo2gGfpC7E
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"Soup?" Missy sniffled at the rustling of the grass, her head lifting in my direction. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMK9ceExd1S
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyYFIqnOGe
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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. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BEF6linqx
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.247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMTWmgL8Xo
I'd love her silently and she would dream of bright futures where everyone wore her dresses. 247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0AzzYYzbRK
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