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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyMPt8LupAA
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVyHMN7y0k
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Last time was a crumpled can stuffed with plucked wildflowers. I could do better this time. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndDkLyJixI
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My hunt turned up an empty paper cup still with the plastic lid and straw attached. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoyHybLiSFx
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96ZpXWInWo
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡet6yVOGbPg
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXC0zDsy4p
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmZjtNhHSS
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Would she like it? Should I make more? 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvC15R5or5a
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSHJdLelAM
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One would do then. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLyWbS44Ip
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Bartie was already there when I made my travel with the straw gently gripped around my teeth. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VMjCwejlX
He held a magazine today that was folded on the crossword page. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi7JpqCEGvt
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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?" 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9CV7hxIuk
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQxVFFkyuZ
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She was going somewhere. She never wore that red jacket any other time. It was her best one. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5xtDa6zfN
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I raced along the tracks towards her and watched as she wheeled out her scooter to haul up the stand. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGxyMDE8Lh
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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPYmrogTBf
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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."293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdtCbDhF9Y
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsV8eAuVDA
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjA0DRyVrF1
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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?" 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYt9EqvIxKF
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No. It was only for you to enjoy. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCZEOlvCT9
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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!" 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2x5D5nwN3R
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSeDeTkEbxn
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJee1WhPKq
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8NJ980Wfp
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Her figure fumbled with her parcels and the flower before jumping aboard with only mere moments to spare. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7GSL2zji4
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The train blared its horn then peeled from the station to quickly gather speed past the house. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSu2hmJmmH
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Missy slammed open a window, waving out to me. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KBglu2oFu
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"I'll see you tonight, Soup!" she called out "sorry!" 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscZ3FHf5O4
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvEPih3zTG
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3AxeRFbxYC
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30y8M60vzc
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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? 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR25Js9sCxu
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I peered back to the house she had left in a hurry instead.293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyx61mlrEYy
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She'd benefit more if I prepared something for her to come home to. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Filpp7ETl
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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjgAcAvxXM
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A stretch, but a believable one. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpn4xK7WrA
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I knew Missy didn't have locks on her windows. I could climb through the kitchen one and start there. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGt7mbZrz1
She always locked her front and back doors. There was no use trying that. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqiVUIJuA6
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBP2R6zi4ZM
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After managing to unfold myself from the kitchen bench, I stood there to grimace at the mess left behind. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCC6OqPvMg
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZA4HkubPjK
Utensils littered the cold water I dipped my claws into, and splatters of soup were still speckled across the oven behind me. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4n9trnJ5R
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She'd be so pleased she wouldn't have to tackle this when she got back in her exhausted state. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIzHiTd16U
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqe17ELLnM
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I shivered in anticipation at the thought of warm water and soothing soap sliding over my skin. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcGSMUilZI2
It was a luxury I hadn't had since I decided to live like this. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9CJkYmEvn
People weren't exactly throwing bars of soap or bathtubs on the side of the road either. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhf6Jn4JeWz
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Finding the shower was easy in her little home with barely any rooms within it. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNaChCThI9o
The kitchen and loungeroom beside it were one combined area by the front door. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgeFtAJMI9X
The door to the left was her sewing room. The one beside that was her bedroom. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubVR2MM3z8
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 protection289ＰＥＮＡＮＡfkyyV9DkBf 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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16DcZIZ8Xw
The water ran like mud from my body I scrubbed at and slathered with all sorts of food-scented products. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjzXWBwcuV
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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhaXqu7Tjiw
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRr4boccHI
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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvnvIn3YBt
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEUrDE7v4F
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUFdBjzILj
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Her couch in the living room had the crushed blanket on it refolded and draped in the middle. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8CQti6f08
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRw0QZyiSFb
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The back door was thrown open to let through the fresh breeze and filter out the stale air. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBY9LS2T3N
It swept through the home and back out the windows I peeled up to help move the positive energy through the home. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBYAs3sksJ
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The garden a few steps from the back stairs was looking choked with weeds. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrUCXRuMVr
I snatched up the basket at the backdoor and headed for the rows of vegetables drooping under the sunlight. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmHN2QhHsD
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg81YNlV4OF
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzLRj1XypU
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcRDUCXJYd
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Looked like rabbits. I'd have to deal with them before she baited them and tainted their meat. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96dm0Fmsj6
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvtae57VG1
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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.293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1PSYi4TAw
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The stove clicked and snapped to life to steadily boil the soups I poured into the pot over it. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rDEsrJsZS
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgPRbFJVAh
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Music thumped through the silence when I stepped back to admire my work. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvJ7Q6l7YC
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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UgMPMpHSo
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzn1WJxJ2tC
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdrHmkzRrL
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mAkJ3jEUj
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrCqOqKkEq
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I smiled around my spoon, savouring every bit of warmth slipping over my tongue. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnj1cAe9aj
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktsMN7JebY
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAP59pCcke
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lnLoeY8JL
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfW9Ofq1Ur
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Missy usually never sold her dresses. I was expecting disappointment that I couldn't chase away. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡidc2IJeGBn
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"One day, Soup" I muttered to myself between another spoonful I gazed down at. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1lH26VEVEO
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A droning outside caught my attention and lifted my head from the bowl I cupped. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZeW8VRGK5x
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpSC39mBo1
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Was it that time already?293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfct5P43sx
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56Js5KIa7U
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Missy was in her way. I could hear her scooter whining for rest. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1j80WZjep
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Slamming the windows shut, I glanced around for anything else I had left out of place. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMhg1nl9A4
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8DdMeYeqim
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAXMSIw8bk
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Did I have time to clean the pot? What about my bowl? 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡva1AY3EI1S
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The scooter was getting closer and making my heart hammer in panic. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGK2TxipKbQ
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I couldn't be seen here. Not like this. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6Uiw5Hk40
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Scrubbing frantically at the bowl, I managed to rub it clean and toss it into the cupboard with the rest. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsp8iWTJBGW
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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwsyYHFykj
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Dropping the pot clumsily, I bolted for the back door. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTlwuB0JGw
I only stopped when I realised that the radio was still singing out as Missy leaned her scooter up in the front yard. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfxlb5sQMI
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gw1qvhRdd
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWJYxRjIdr
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"Hello?" Missy called out when she stepped inside "is someone there?" 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikYE7ePrXt
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAC6MVatG7q
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Her rushing feet barrelling for the back door told me she had. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡismk8imReN
I jolted from it, squatting in the dirt as I tore at my skin that dropped the towel at my trembling feet. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqM15K7coDw
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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.293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHKCUHSm9m
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I had forgot to turn them off. My heart dropped at my overlooked mistake that was so blatantly obvious. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsCLLqfkjI
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"Soup?" 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3S0OkfCCRx
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsX7BFiz2J
I was surprised she couldn't hear my heart hammering in my throat as I tried to swallow it back down. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2tiixIi4u
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Her brown eyes didn't leave mine. They were flooded with worry and doubt. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6KDf1BIXj
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I wasn't still human, was I? 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXdeihoO8g
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgJEt9PNDr
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Missy looked back into the house with a frown, holding a thumb to it. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJ1DPXbcYv
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"Was that..." she hesitated, checking again "...you?" 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZkb8h9D4o
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She wasn't sure. All she could do was check the cleaned house then cock her head back at me. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGKXfhNTAf
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCGdu7MnAQ
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She was milling over her own silent conclusions, and I didn't like it. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5UJeTLiSg
She looked at me different. Her eyes probed for answers she didn't want. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGjIQe7za5
She swallowed and tried to steady her voice that wavered when it came out at barely a whisper. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hYe4ZM9AP
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"Did you...?" 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwxAxDWDBz
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHa7WDNHEgY
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRGrAKelti
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I wasn't meant to be here. I couldn't be here. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWTi7i361n
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgfktJhTMMw
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The front door was still open in Missy's pursuit for her intruder. I'd go for that. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsGla7odFN
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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.293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWDj2o45dIZ
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"Soup!" she called out, arm outstretched. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMUfm7HEQ7
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No. She couldn't see me here. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnfmq3TNBO
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwo21E0RwO
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Missy gripped the fence, scanning blindly with tears in her eyes. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9E4SJ7cbVC
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"Soup!" her voice called, shaking "wait! You don't have to go!" 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomA9Ln1Wpe
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She covered her mouth with the back of her hand to try and stifle the sob that slipped through. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6jBBrIuy8
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8TsLPaJUf
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I moved, turning for the safety of the East. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsDfD8LLTz
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"Soup?" Missy sniffled at the rustling of the grass, her head lifting in my direction. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFajnjfhy9v
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRFK05h4wV
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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. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXweng5wwcB
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.293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15Mh7TKZsw
I'd love her silently and she would dream of bright futures where everyone wore her dresses. 293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRn2Ns4Nm4m
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