The sight of Bartie already at the tracks when I walked along them in the bright sunlight filled me with hope that things had returned to normal.277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3bXsiHYMur
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He took a few steps forth when I passed him, wagging a finger. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstcET2vUqA
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I knew what was coming and smiled at it. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAcjqs3Jat
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"She's worried sick about you, Soup!" Bartie grumbled at me "running off on her like that. Shame on you for having her in tears!" 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtKFrGoYh4
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I paused and turned back to him. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MxF2BsnXL
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That wasn't his usual warning. He was supposed to tell me not to hurt her, like he always did. He never changed it. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡillfNbVf09
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What was going on here? 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuh1mBRrmih
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Missy's face poked from the newsagency and lit up at the sight of me before she rushed out of it and for the tracks. Her pale pink dress billowed around her when she ran, kicking up around her legs to glimpse the red under-fabric. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2sBgIdoB7L
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What was she doing here? She was supposed to be home! 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2HBXUifpR
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"Soup! Don't be scared! I only want to find out a few things!" she blurted on her way. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGb6418Th1y
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No, no, no! She was meant to be happy, not chasing me! 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRW6DgiSsp
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I scurried for the bridge, pausing at the beginning of it to see Missy throw her arms down in defeat. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlI8rlZolJ7
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She wasn't going to follow me. She knew it was too dangerous to be tempting fate on a place like this. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxo3VRfxT08
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"No, don't go!" she whined out to me "Soup!" 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDOkKlcy3J
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She had her dreams of solitude. Why was she trying to ruin it all now? 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkoYDXxKj9l
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I rushed over the bridge and kept going until I was safely over the river. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4pu9FXhVq
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She just needed more time to realise. Then, we would be back to normal again.
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Unlike my hopes, Missy was relentless in her pursuit for answers. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBt3HLy9VUH
Every afternoon I approached the tracks, she would be there, waiting. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBVXakCFE7
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She tried giving me distance at first from Bartie's shop but realised that I had too much time to dart back to safety on her sprint down toward me. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡus8xblFY3O
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After failing that tactic a few times and giving up on it, she tried ambushing me from the side of the track as soon as I walked out into the open. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2o1IgRpWBZ
I was too quick for her, even with her advantage. She still refused to step onto the tracks that I darted along to escape her hunt for the truth. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqTJgp9FsY
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I could see it was breaking her spirit at how wary I was being of someone I had cherished so highly. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKhBQrROuF
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Missy started to give up whenever I spotted her across the river and refused to close the distance between us. She didn't call out to me anymore and just watched hopelessly while I backed away to continue my scavenge for food elsewhere. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCMkMaqKsv
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Starvation was bringing me back to those tracks every day to only be met with disappointment once again.
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Two weeks of the same occurrence refused to deter Missy from hoping for some miracle that I would approach her. Every day she would wait at the tracks for me in silence, and every day I would turn from them when I saw her face pull up into a hopeful smile. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDW0ZxFyHZP
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But today, something changed. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewl8tRL9Oe
Missy stepped onto the tracks. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZ7whYyJwz
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She came marching towards me with worried glanced over her shoulder to any danger that might be barrelling past her home from the West. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8iMwjZDztG
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I didn't dare leave my side knowing that she had nowhere to escape. Her trembling body was already over the river, trying to hurry towards me as quickly as she could over the rolling gravel sprayed over the boards she stretched her body over. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWjFF8hvwo
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I paced nervously in my own fear of being caught over the water with her. She was still so far away from land, even with her frantic pace. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCy7e1843L
I wouldn't be able to do anything but watch hopelessly if the train decided to run early. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytk8ssAzQI
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Listening to her now wouldn't change her mind and get her to return to the safety of the roadside. She wasn't going to let me ignore her any longer. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFltNJxlmSu
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Determination fuelled her fight. I was going to give her whatever she wanted if it meant she wasn't going to be so reckless anymore. If she wanted to destroy her life by hunting down impossibilities, then I couldn't stop her. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvWdhKf2eu
Time had done nothing to deter her. If anything, it had fuelled her curiosity into what happened that night. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIMFEJutok
I couldn't chase her away with ignorance or distance. Missy was going to find a way around it, even if it tried to kill her. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhLeIaftuI
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My whole body trembled at the thoughts blaring through my mind. They smashed through my nerves like the train dragging Missy's body along the tracks in every possibility I saw. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaUvHhGNki
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"Come on!" I cried out to her still powering along "hurry! Please!" 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7gjgeAVY9
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I didn’t want to be here anymore. I knew the train had to be approaching this point at any moment now.277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH29Wzcuq2q
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Sure enough, I saw it in the distance behind Missy. It powered effortlessly on its approach to her house it easily passed in moments. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxiG34a0EH
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The horn of the train screamed out to make Missy turn her head and frantically race towards me. I knew that the gravel had to be spearing the bottoms of her thin flats, but she didn't have time to stick to the safety of the boards anymore. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFliWZ0m8H
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"Missy!"277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMOAnO0C4q
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"Soup!" she whined back.277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd07EXJRY6Y
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The train ploughed past the station, screaming out frantically now. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUTvNMnZyP
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Missy was approaching the safety of the land, but still couldn't outrun the train quickly closing in on her. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWwqR1M0yw
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I leapt for the grass that knocked the air from my lungs and felt Missy's body hit the grass beside me as the train barrelled by. Its brakes screeched down my ears and froze my blood that shivered down my spine. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFg5kBGTrMd
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Missy gasped and trembled beside me before clinging to my arms in fear while sobbing. I cradled Missy in the grass while trying to shake my own grateful tears she was safe. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRTEInn0Ug
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She was so delicate huddled into me. Her head rested on my chest that warmed with her rigid breaths. The rest of her skin was frozen from the fear still coursing through her. Her arms tucked against me to try and warm up on my body. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNljTe01rO
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"Never do anything that stupid again" I gasped out and squeezed her close. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtw0Eq3Z6Px
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Missy leant into it and didn't try to pull from me. Her trembling breath was steadying, and her sobs had subsided to little sniffles she tried to control. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPFerfTdpT
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Her glistening brown eyes looked up to mine, searching again. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQ33BRepQ6
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My body stiffened, dreading that the same fear and confusion would wash over them like that night I had run from them. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6VeI0tvmp
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I didn’t want to see that or know I was the cause of it. I moved my head away, looking at the clear sky and the drifting clouds above us finally threatening rain. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvyV9h7zaf
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Glancing down, I saw that Missy's eyes softened in the same way they did when she greeted me each day. They fluttered closed just as her shaking lips gently brushed on my cheek, leaving a tear to glide effortlessly down it. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9gzg6jy4M
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"Can I still call you Soup?" her voice breathed as her eyes found mine again, curious. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAazLoj8lVB
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Did she want to shatter it all for me? Or did she want to keep it the way it was, blissfully ignorant? 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdgUPao3B1
She wouldn't be able to understand my answer anyway. I was just a creature trying to escape the drag of life, just like her. Everything else was drowned in the water tower and floating in the river, like it could remain to be. 277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY62ndqeMFz
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I only had the name she gave me. Whatever she wanted that to mean would be up to her.
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