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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqCUVlWnNp
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLTykPKrEz
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Last time was a crumpled can stuffed with plucked wildflowers. I could do better this time. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqtDmAmxyX
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My hunt turned up an empty paper cup still with the plastic lid and straw attached. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdIECSK5l5
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQPkytV3bx
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4WErS1rnI7
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7WjLpze3W
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQjXdUJRhh
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Would she like it? Should I make more? 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNSZVLNrW0
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyMT00iLFLW
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One would do then. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEICmzxHE5B
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Bartie was already there when I made my travel with the straw gently gripped around my teeth. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaV3Pp8Wjf
He held a magazine today that was folded on the crossword page. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfiUbrO8Pb
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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?" 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXudXS2DFsQ
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20MxKUcAcb
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She was going somewhere. She never wore that red jacket any other time. It was her best one. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXu4g4JiVsL
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I raced along the tracks towards her and watched as she wheeled out her scooter to haul up the stand. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SMGd8t1HX
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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtwaTk3KZp
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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."252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnimnp0CtHL
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqnKGoO2iE
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPviNIJPwN
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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?" 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mRHsLHVdw
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No. It was only for you to enjoy. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpfxGkLyPw
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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!" 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYWpN6HIkJ
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡce4XydSWLc
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NvssZULXG
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2upeIaTpJ5
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Her figure fumbled with her parcels and the flower before jumping aboard with only mere moments to spare. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYAStmsWMN
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The train blared its horn then peeled from the station to quickly gather speed past the house. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrsmAwuSrwr
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Missy slammed open a window, waving out to me. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihtbeTE2oM
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"I'll see you tonight, Soup!" she called out "sorry!" 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡweHFLzCMkh
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQrF3kpuP9
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfP2R1vKANA
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XLWlFLQk4
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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? 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Vn2SiWwLG
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I peered back to the house she had left in a hurry instead.252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4823PBM2nF
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She'd benefit more if I prepared something for her to come home to. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LgVFc09BS
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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1KwX4FOwj
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A stretch, but a believable one. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfWGmdq5ig
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I knew Missy didn't have locks on her windows. I could climb through the kitchen one and start there. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAoQCVkikp
She always locked her front and back doors. There was no use trying that. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjr6aB8OIf0
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuByrYoEpu8
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After managing to unfold myself from the kitchen bench, I stood there to grimace at the mess left behind. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6IcugTK1r
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtTZwxJU0s
Utensils littered the cold water I dipped my claws into, and splatters of soup were still speckled across the oven behind me. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1uMq638Kcy
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She'd be so pleased she wouldn't have to tackle this when she got back in her exhausted state. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6DXtQHvUa
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDIyPmMze8
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I shivered in anticipation at the thought of warm water and soothing soap sliding over my skin. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdeni4yO6QX
It was a luxury I hadn't had since I decided to live like this. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmEnPbGrQv
People weren't exactly throwing bars of soap or bathtubs on the side of the road either. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOuR7bhxo3
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Finding the shower was easy in her little home with barely any rooms within it. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDA6e7NnJbt
The kitchen and loungeroom beside it were one combined area by the front door. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZhHOhMiQS
The door to the left was her sewing room. The one beside that was her bedroom. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPiFJuMkwHl
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 protection248ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkeeSGhpeH 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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtp2QjvcZ8o
The water ran like mud from my body I scrubbed at and slathered with all sorts of food-scented products. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zoG8CLA4Z
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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjei4NTVxub
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtyLhPjN8l
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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3Nl1dmAsy
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwE9cB8ZzS2
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwX3UrrP4As
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Her couch in the living room had the crushed blanket on it refolded and draped in the middle. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIKgKkcMMD
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9AZWOixkaf
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The back door was thrown open to let through the fresh breeze and filter out the stale air. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIrqnOSvba
It swept through the home and back out the windows I peeled up to help move the positive energy through the home. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8xB8kTOIm
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The garden a few steps from the back stairs was looking choked with weeds. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7Drlg8Xi5
I snatched up the basket at the backdoor and headed for the rows of vegetables drooping under the sunlight. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxkoufDcSp
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQT6YU6GhfD
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOneVWSRSO
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRW5O1fRqVv
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Looked like rabbits. I'd have to deal with them before she baited them and tainted their meat. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kSs3rlxBZ
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzs1gY4fvW
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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.252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhUkmjMn0q
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The stove clicked and snapped to life to steadily boil the soups I poured into the pot over it. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡesY6j8ZEw5
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡra0RSFYlNp
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Music thumped through the silence when I stepped back to admire my work. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1glFiAKaB0
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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfaGoIfyV7m
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNDjO9Nm54
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhMpyGuJxr
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eRhxV1sjl
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1xX0H03pu
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I smiled around my spoon, savouring every bit of warmth slipping over my tongue. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZaYuRt8O4
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODcSFaz6Us
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWf4d7lJ7NS
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZtXMVEEXn
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KEfzMaROh
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Missy usually never sold her dresses. I was expecting disappointment that I couldn't chase away. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuvnwWG6Z4
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"One day, Soup" I muttered to myself between another spoonful I gazed down at. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIARxEZNR6e
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A droning outside caught my attention and lifted my head from the bowl I cupped. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7ObedLyCY
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlBYZ0QmPa
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Was it that time already?252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Sf7AFE7xS
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhPosVF7VQ
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Missy was in her way. I could hear her scooter whining for rest. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylZcf9GoxW
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Slamming the windows shut, I glanced around for anything else I had left out of place. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrFqD9v1UX
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQUd3PJHcf
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCAZx6v6Az
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Did I have time to clean the pot? What about my bowl? 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSrZVBGcbu
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The scooter was getting closer and making my heart hammer in panic. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUKl1XfwGf
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I couldn't be seen here. Not like this. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwOvppH5Cv
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Scrubbing frantically at the bowl, I managed to rub it clean and toss it into the cupboard with the rest. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrlDySbD92
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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIi6CX2pO4
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Dropping the pot clumsily, I bolted for the back door. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolFzeiGRus
I only stopped when I realised that the radio was still singing out as Missy leaned her scooter up in the front yard. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVk0AbJcTWj
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tQOd10UEz
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4Crbq58eA
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"Hello?" Missy called out when she stepped inside "is someone there?" 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNaG8MzjbL
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV90lguaCmB
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Her rushing feet barrelling for the back door told me she had. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUlVTS5ll7
I jolted from it, squatting in the dirt as I tore at my skin that dropped the towel at my trembling feet. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQSuvLTI4n
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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.252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGcYWxR8Qv
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I had forgot to turn them off. My heart dropped at my overlooked mistake that was so blatantly obvious. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9YfElPfcu6
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"Soup?" 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxy8zNsidE1
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbvgMjEZIt
I was surprised she couldn't hear my heart hammering in my throat as I tried to swallow it back down. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQ8AYR4Btp
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Her brown eyes didn't leave mine. They were flooded with worry and doubt. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7IsusyF1j
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I wasn't still human, was I? 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4oTfLeqfD
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwq3k0rcxUb
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Missy looked back into the house with a frown, holding a thumb to it. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuB8GnekywG
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"Was that..." she hesitated, checking again "...you?" 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEowW4mwjp
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She wasn't sure. All she could do was check the cleaned house then cock her head back at me. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VYjK1RZNl
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOeTAbDkL1
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She was milling over her own silent conclusions, and I didn't like it. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaoCNUX6sw4
She looked at me different. Her eyes probed for answers she didn't want. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUMK09JmgK
She swallowed and tried to steady her voice that wavered when it came out at barely a whisper. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojjGBaaVIs
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"Did you...?" 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pgMoIAzyq
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlMU6PgxTF
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhpmC6hgk3H
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I wasn't meant to be here. I couldn't be here. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6YaNWkuuz
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlxgNzpv0w
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The front door was still open in Missy's pursuit for her intruder. I'd go for that. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQtNPnT4zV
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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.252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpINpJY8Roh
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"Soup!" she called out, arm outstretched. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFakoZSiRuI
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No. She couldn't see me here. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLk3CI65GkE
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNCGojD4vp
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Missy gripped the fence, scanning blindly with tears in her eyes. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcCgDoLX1lt
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"Soup!" her voice called, shaking "wait! You don't have to go!" 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYG1tWItOs
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She covered her mouth with the back of her hand to try and stifle the sob that slipped through. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOBoRHeJbt
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPg4ArbZWVh
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I moved, turning for the safety of the East. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2UYVQgrSi
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"Soup?" Missy sniffled at the rustling of the grass, her head lifting in my direction. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6C5U0SCTrF
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFhA4jnEQ4
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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. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVpVfPiQKH
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.252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomQVbcww7v
I'd love her silently and she would dream of bright futures where everyone wore her dresses. 252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkVscStS5i
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