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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0H8QtVk3b
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgcFVfNnoK
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Last time was a crumpled can stuffed with plucked wildflowers. I could do better this time. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBAuXxzkKo
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My hunt turned up an empty paper cup still with the plastic lid and straw attached. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtv4IS3t02j
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4uJmI8eHhX
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRHucPhEmO
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlWfguY28L
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJCJ2HpozZ
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Would she like it? Should I make more? 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK9o18xZA1e
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDEeMhrc2D6
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One would do then. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIav9CKMA3I
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Bartie was already there when I made my travel with the straw gently gripped around my teeth. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqSMJw6shC
He held a magazine today that was folded on the crossword page. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdxWGxYFo8
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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?" 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9BLoHssLl
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHI7rIIBki
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She was going somewhere. She never wore that red jacket any other time. It was her best one. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTS6WT8soo
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I raced along the tracks towards her and watched as she wheeled out her scooter to haul up the stand. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpW6j23x4st
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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5Fxj6vudJ
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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."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbVnwWVZJx
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dqL1xzyEE
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSCUvkZHuQ
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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?" 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfx0FbU7Lf
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No. It was only for you to enjoy. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXV2stKe8cg
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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!" 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuPNVbhevA
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKM3LACFBQb
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDGXZ5iudb
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpez7YpMjVk
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Her figure fumbled with her parcels and the flower before jumping aboard with only mere moments to spare. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPs5B0youz9
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The train blared its horn then peeled from the station to quickly gather speed past the house. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsoxyDLVenU
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Missy slammed open a window, waving out to me. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcusJ0IfT9
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"I'll see you tonight, Soup!" she called out "sorry!" 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSX1p8QTNG
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4eQaNs1Rca
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPKAcc6V1W
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNt4c1ulHat
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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? 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg66bTwhaD6
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I peered back to the house she had left in a hurry instead.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Zy0GB5DUu
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She'd benefit more if I prepared something for her to come home to. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Qkz5KSMHU
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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2bz0hMh2T
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A stretch, but a believable one. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJDcs5EPTx
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I knew Missy didn't have locks on her windows. I could climb through the kitchen one and start there. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5SjONb3rB
She always locked her front and back doors. There was no use trying that. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvNsjxb02e
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZkA0mD7hf
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After managing to unfold myself from the kitchen bench, I stood there to grimace at the mess left behind. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjUSZ1gpNl
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBCp2t91ot
Utensils littered the cold water I dipped my claws into, and splatters of soup were still speckled across the oven behind me. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8L1J9sHIsN
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She'd be so pleased she wouldn't have to tackle this when she got back in her exhausted state. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGatc2632l
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGfKRD1Rod
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I shivered in anticipation at the thought of warm water and soothing soap sliding over my skin. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYR3w1BPKvN
It was a luxury I hadn't had since I decided to live like this. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiracmdTR2
People weren't exactly throwing bars of soap or bathtubs on the side of the road either. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGqM3ascL2
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Finding the shower was easy in her little home with barely any rooms within it. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1q3ipNbRQ
The kitchen and loungeroom beside it were one combined area by the front door. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4z2iq63awS
The door to the left was her sewing room. The one beside that was her bedroom. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQ3kdKfAu1
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 protection332ＰＥＮＡＮＡuutHxndNxR 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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1qycVi8Ly
The water ran like mud from my body I scrubbed at and slathered with all sorts of food-scented products. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGDDuScYIC
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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQoFTFD2fKU
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuzRqUDOxM
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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8sL7j7coT4
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP56ehTuCC5
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UqBwZH15C
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Her couch in the living room had the crushed blanket on it refolded and draped in the middle. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRBYDLl4QMq
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95hj9kBQM0
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The back door was thrown open to let through the fresh breeze and filter out the stale air. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Es7IGxH8O
It swept through the home and back out the windows I peeled up to help move the positive energy through the home. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsjGOulVQE
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The garden a few steps from the back stairs was looking choked with weeds. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqr3n4oW7uR
I snatched up the basket at the backdoor and headed for the rows of vegetables drooping under the sunlight. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6g91edn9l
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKssyyAj3ZI
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3UiYgx2KIh
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHh4nnNq6g
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Looked like rabbits. I'd have to deal with them before she baited them and tainted their meat. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzmIfJJiWr
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILBOiLf3v6
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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.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQijNb1RFSe
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The stove clicked and snapped to life to steadily boil the soups I poured into the pot over it. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt55AXw5hBg
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9anzi6II5T
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Music thumped through the silence when I stepped back to admire my work. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCGApONr1C
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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdIywLohij
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjccWdJtwq4
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1Ext82C9v
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWdCBf35aH
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbApyXTaMT
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I smiled around my spoon, savouring every bit of warmth slipping over my tongue. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWE0moha6kR
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9iMRpgzwv
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnG1y8ltNHz
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKithlD1oD
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpz6Vm4sL9a
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Missy usually never sold her dresses. I was expecting disappointment that I couldn't chase away. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXcdKzqBR2
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"One day, Soup" I muttered to myself between another spoonful I gazed down at. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WHxkOpnYV
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A droning outside caught my attention and lifted my head from the bowl I cupped. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5mWho4XbR
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFJza3xbD4
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Was it that time already?336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFuwmHhJBEy
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfKcXRXWSF
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Missy was in her way. I could hear her scooter whining for rest. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNIoSAwMZS
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Slamming the windows shut, I glanced around for anything else I had left out of place. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAD9ijmLEq
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ152e4T2Q5Z
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhADitCtYE2
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Did I have time to clean the pot? What about my bowl? 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFSS0BBWz3
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The scooter was getting closer and making my heart hammer in panic. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGA2wIR9w8d
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I couldn't be seen here. Not like this. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4u5hyM8e9
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Scrubbing frantically at the bowl, I managed to rub it clean and toss it into the cupboard with the rest. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvxD7NdVky
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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZJ8ntNrFv
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Dropping the pot clumsily, I bolted for the back door. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQxz1aSqT0
I only stopped when I realised that the radio was still singing out as Missy leaned her scooter up in the front yard. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTBW0C6qcy
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCE7BdX1S5
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHUll1yWrS
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"Hello?" Missy called out when she stepped inside "is someone there?" 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAzMzaOxFS
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENo28Ro9CS
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Her rushing feet barrelling for the back door told me she had. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgliJTADBUv
I jolted from it, squatting in the dirt as I tore at my skin that dropped the towel at my trembling feet. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKUnsOiQWS
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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.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLX5MjxYmi
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I had forgot to turn them off. My heart dropped at my overlooked mistake that was so blatantly obvious. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1ivlZ7aJn
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"Soup?" 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIzsJwU6p7
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCkzE9F0A8
I was surprised she couldn't hear my heart hammering in my throat as I tried to swallow it back down. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvXF0qQrZu
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Her brown eyes didn't leave mine. They were flooded with worry and doubt. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOSe6KyBQm
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I wasn't still human, was I? 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡed2GUvkubh
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xmgvksCVA
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Missy looked back into the house with a frown, holding a thumb to it. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk149hSj6YT
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"Was that..." she hesitated, checking again "...you?" 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhKhdSUc8v
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She wasn't sure. All she could do was check the cleaned house then cock her head back at me. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxgumYU0Mp
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsCps9xZuY
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She was milling over her own silent conclusions, and I didn't like it. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaJEnQAeNk
She looked at me different. Her eyes probed for answers she didn't want. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0BSj6SGDC
She swallowed and tried to steady her voice that wavered when it came out at barely a whisper. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUeVRWgH88
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"Did you...?" 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGC6ibfZswl
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ize5Pg1yK
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRGpVHLpEM
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I wasn't meant to be here. I couldn't be here. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmaLGQ7yn2
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBInBFgxHK
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The front door was still open in Missy's pursuit for her intruder. I'd go for that. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfYmtsPmi3
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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.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Xp75oUECk
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"Soup!" she called out, arm outstretched. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkIyYJqBywD
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No. She couldn't see me here. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98r0LSLlRg
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZUnA7Obqt
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Missy gripped the fence, scanning blindly with tears in her eyes. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJ6qXVswJX
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"Soup!" her voice called, shaking "wait! You don't have to go!" 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3oXQAn72aR
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She covered her mouth with the back of her hand to try and stifle the sob that slipped through. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCF1nLmFd5
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqq9US9BiBG
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I moved, turning for the safety of the East. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQBXnQVWBf
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"Soup?" Missy sniffled at the rustling of the grass, her head lifting in my direction. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpGQfxkVSR
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl11TGzozfm
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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. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpRpA7RoMP
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.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2UztI4Sst
I'd love her silently and she would dream of bright futures where everyone wore her dresses. 336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjIeIclbgC
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