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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl5WMhkFSRM
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3UmiomBAW
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Last time was a crumpled can stuffed with plucked wildflowers. I could do better this time. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHewQcmwp6
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My hunt turned up an empty paper cup still with the plastic lid and straw attached. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0sengaHoE0
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKAnyDCBfx
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfhJ18QqNt
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxVepIU71z
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJKuepqZjF
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Would she like it? Should I make more? 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZFoCkDLGM
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnzKA0BjtD
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One would do then. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LL1rMYVDY
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Bartie was already there when I made my travel with the straw gently gripped around my teeth. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKupmkvYeLq
He held a magazine today that was folded on the crossword page. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvwiTXwXHh
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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?" 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRS0ipETQg
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRsTOPe8VL
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She was going somewhere. She never wore that red jacket any other time. It was her best one. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49ZELxgraT
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I raced along the tracks towards her and watched as she wheeled out her scooter to haul up the stand. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Tv9931kKn
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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4poQ45QTJ0
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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."225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZPINjzNPK
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOu2AIuCUNA
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgWEFm9c1y
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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?" 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcEGVzlcK3
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No. It was only for you to enjoy. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthE1DRv9oE
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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!" 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ19kz8jAup
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwBy919e6b
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx6HbUObT3O
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8cIjRkorl
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Her figure fumbled with her parcels and the flower before jumping aboard with only mere moments to spare. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuntbiec96u
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The train blared its horn then peeled from the station to quickly gather speed past the house. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIeJYJcmQ4
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Missy slammed open a window, waving out to me. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWa2o0XB3Ay
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"I'll see you tonight, Soup!" she called out "sorry!" 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ13lfIKjzL
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEa3g8awbnE
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5O7LycqpWZ
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQANvAnlzaL
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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? 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY70Kx73X6t
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I peered back to the house she had left in a hurry instead.225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3kRXrU7qz
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She'd benefit more if I prepared something for her to come home to. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8SSqYMJln
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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmRI1g0uxD
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A stretch, but a believable one. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagIvHAeblF
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I knew Missy didn't have locks on her windows. I could climb through the kitchen one and start there. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRYV3IYTAP
She always locked her front and back doors. There was no use trying that. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPgwbX03UN
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgebByVTJe
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After managing to unfold myself from the kitchen bench, I stood there to grimace at the mess left behind. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtv05iypMc
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGOqeaM54r
Utensils littered the cold water I dipped my claws into, and splatters of soup were still speckled across the oven behind me. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDWVCR52fH
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She'd be so pleased she wouldn't have to tackle this when she got back in her exhausted state. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BAIwZPKqW
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMl05zr5YH
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I shivered in anticipation at the thought of warm water and soothing soap sliding over my skin. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcnrn8wsbHJ
It was a luxury I hadn't had since I decided to live like this. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOTAQdJYVe
People weren't exactly throwing bars of soap or bathtubs on the side of the road either. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2K0xA6KrCd
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Finding the shower was easy in her little home with barely any rooms within it. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzeqsSDDf1
The kitchen and loungeroom beside it were one combined area by the front door. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MwsDBNWN6
The door to the left was her sewing room. The one beside that was her bedroom. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6x3GU0s7m1
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 protection221ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBReZsM9Oz 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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbJzUCMv2Z
The water ran like mud from my body I scrubbed at and slathered with all sorts of food-scented products. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEowqCEQnwb
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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9E1T5NX94V
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCUByqtjCh
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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TFI0IpGLo
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gtWw3LgZ7
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZ2b075Wuc
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Her couch in the living room had the crushed blanket on it refolded and draped in the middle. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmaH9rHSEp0
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDLPmFxtNQ
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The back door was thrown open to let through the fresh breeze and filter out the stale air. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrpOtsOUG6
It swept through the home and back out the windows I peeled up to help move the positive energy through the home. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx935tACuxm
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The garden a few steps from the back stairs was looking choked with weeds. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNypobwqhT
I snatched up the basket at the backdoor and headed for the rows of vegetables drooping under the sunlight. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53BrB6Jc1U
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLK3092E9qi
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKoDJ1EJQM
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjUEigFKMe
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Looked like rabbits. I'd have to deal with them before she baited them and tainted their meat. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWISYuScvK7
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVnOiEJsXC
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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.225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGaO3tM6CV1
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The stove clicked and snapped to life to steadily boil the soups I poured into the pot over it. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eKNmZbdZk
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPuB1r9FlsY
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Music thumped through the silence when I stepped back to admire my work. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi616UOUK72
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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINMECTHuXD
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJ5KyxSH0b
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGHidnUw3S
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLABUDnJyT
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNetYZKoBXs
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I smiled around my spoon, savouring every bit of warmth slipping over my tongue. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxje15LRuQH
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRqGVjCDHV
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrUtHgl8st
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzJT0gnGnZ
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5hZwsuPhP
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Missy usually never sold her dresses. I was expecting disappointment that I couldn't chase away. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgIlgLFgwB
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"One day, Soup" I muttered to myself between another spoonful I gazed down at. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5LEPoAWm0
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A droning outside caught my attention and lifted my head from the bowl I cupped. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFf5c24LuRG
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡommoeFhESV
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Was it that time already?225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKHjTDD6f3
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcf1Iml4V4
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Missy was in her way. I could hear her scooter whining for rest. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxU7138uADw
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Slamming the windows shut, I glanced around for anything else I had left out of place. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kr6ELlsfh
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtOopRT4I1
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfNM7jpKV7
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Did I have time to clean the pot? What about my bowl? 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBKN53diH0
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The scooter was getting closer and making my heart hammer in panic. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYZI0yoWQ9
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I couldn't be seen here. Not like this. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhk93mgxpX
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Scrubbing frantically at the bowl, I managed to rub it clean and toss it into the cupboard with the rest. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN36jQrwFkX
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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjUarx0837
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Dropping the pot clumsily, I bolted for the back door. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmC27G60bLP
I only stopped when I realised that the radio was still singing out as Missy leaned her scooter up in the front yard. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAD5WlvyQv
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHJM5qjZ39
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8a9wXRMvL
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"Hello?" Missy called out when she stepped inside "is someone there?" 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbI1GZy7wf
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1VtweHuac
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Her rushing feet barrelling for the back door told me she had. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQXxUvGMhj
I jolted from it, squatting in the dirt as I tore at my skin that dropped the towel at my trembling feet. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1j3O5dzcg
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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.225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFeQ1aVXVrI
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I had forgot to turn them off. My heart dropped at my overlooked mistake that was so blatantly obvious. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7Kt7sRjCy
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"Soup?" 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONNWmfghF7
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSwxAxJkIL
I was surprised she couldn't hear my heart hammering in my throat as I tried to swallow it back down. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2jL4dEzr1
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Her brown eyes didn't leave mine. They were flooded with worry and doubt. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MY98eQVmo
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I wasn't still human, was I? 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UyNy4RsXQ
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGT66j7Fg8b
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Missy looked back into the house with a frown, holding a thumb to it. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2PacFL3JF
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"Was that..." she hesitated, checking again "...you?" 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7sfqz3RZ7
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She wasn't sure. All she could do was check the cleaned house then cock her head back at me. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytgJn30Y98
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBfsJTM6wg
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She was milling over her own silent conclusions, and I didn't like it. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDlKk0La2r
She looked at me different. Her eyes probed for answers she didn't want. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTvdliIhOUB
She swallowed and tried to steady her voice that wavered when it came out at barely a whisper. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RTkgN9EdA
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"Did you...?" 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hoCjMbJYa
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhyyyCOoUj5
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdybPDiKG4r
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I wasn't meant to be here. I couldn't be here. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUAbmmjw4g
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOeyQD1loD
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The front door was still open in Missy's pursuit for her intruder. I'd go for that. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6iOSGd3fy
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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.225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvZPDIJs5O
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"Soup!" she called out, arm outstretched. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC311gIbJYl
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No. She couldn't see me here. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZAbJm7fBa
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWWR4TRGgm
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Missy gripped the fence, scanning blindly with tears in her eyes. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PxpT7o6Oe
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"Soup!" her voice called, shaking "wait! You don't have to go!" 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuvOyKmb9y
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She covered her mouth with the back of her hand to try and stifle the sob that slipped through. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuCeB3E8oK
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTxDxz4Lqr
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I moved, turning for the safety of the East. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvneMkljFzo
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"Soup?" Missy sniffled at the rustling of the grass, her head lifting in my direction. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelpYfD7PHd
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7wKXcmVpJ
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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. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUEQotTnOf
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.225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4obSm9tun
I'd love her silently and she would dream of bright futures where everyone wore her dresses. 225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcOHDVhyHs
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