"My mom died. My dad died. My brother died. My aunts, uncles, and cousins all died. So why am I still here? Why am I still in this forsaken world? Why can't I just cease my suffering?" I thought.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKBwVgK9pu
But it wasn't always like this.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvkzrSMKkV
I loved my life. I loved living. I found joy in so many things, and for a while, everything felt perfect. My parents were well-off, so I never had to worry about anything. More importantly, they were the kindest people in the world.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVGlmuddwy
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Even after my mom found out she could never have another child, she refused to let that stop her dream of having a big family. Instead, she adopted a little boy who soon became my younger brother.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2prPIjQjO
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Life was good. In fact, it was almost too good to be true. And somehow, I managed to ruin it all.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEP9Ufhbou
One afternoon, my mom and I went grocery shopping. While she was distracted, I wandered outside by myself. That's when I saw a strange man.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEU92sTvWzB
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He had two different-colored eyes, one blue and the other green.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvaYDdo9Ss
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"Hey, little girl," he called. "Come here."24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7CdRL7AH0
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Being the foolish child I was, I walked toward him. He was just about to hand me something when my mom suddenly appeared. The moment she saw him, all the color drained from her face.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB53S9AYSxY
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She quickly apologized to the man, grabbed my hand tightly, and hurried me back to the car. She didn't say a word during the drive home. Her grip on the steering wheel was so tight that her knuckles turned white.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43xNBr7N6i
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Finally, she broke the silence.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7B8uBJiB3d
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She scolded me for wandering off on my own, but before she could finish, we noticed a black car following us. At first, I thought it was just a coincidence, but every turn we took, the car followed.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAW4FljHIA
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Mom's breathing became heavier as she drove faster, desperately trying to lose it. After several turns, the car finally disappeared.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnk60uK98SR
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Without wasting another second, we rushed inside the house and locked every door and window. I kept waiting for my mom to call the police, but she never did. Instead, she locked every lock twice before forcing herself to calm down.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw62P5WAsQq
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A little while later, she smiled at me as if nothing had happened and started making dinner.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGcDa4UwN2
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Spaghetti and meatballs.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ84fNUOzCL
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For a brief moment, everything felt normal again. I went upstairs to my room and changed into my favorite Barbie dress, completely unaware that it would be the last normal moment of my life.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGCBBdX8IH
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Then the lights went out.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyDLeHvZ8z
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At first, I thought it was just a power outage. I was wrong.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYogOFLim0
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A scream shattered the silence. Then another. My little brother was crying. My mom was begging for her life, and my dad was shouting. I froze. My heart pounded so hard I thought it would burst out of my chest. I wanted to run downstairs, but my legs refused to move.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBM9qD3tsVi
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Then everything went silent.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vnlsGRtMH
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It was the kind of silence that made your ears ring. A few seconds later, I heard footsteps outside my bedroom.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySxmNcpggw
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Right. Left. Right. Left.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GTiRpWBDa
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Each step grew louder as whoever it was walked closer to my door. Then the footsteps stopped.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8km67VxLCe
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Before I could even breathe, a knife suddenly pierced through my bedroom door. I stumbled backward in terror as the blade came through again and again. The wood splintered with every strike until the door finally gave way.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRZntXtev9
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The footsteps returned.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrdbso0BPM
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Right. Left. Right. Left.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr5lxkT39Xx
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Whoever it was slowly walked into my room.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlpOLXUho0
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Panicking, I threw myself into my closet and covered my mouth with both hands, trying to silence my breathing. The footsteps stopped directly in front of the closet.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5HZoxkoyg
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Everything went still.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsit0g9Ldn
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Then the knife stabbed through the closet door.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrA6Nlq2mka
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I bit my lip to stop myself from screaming. The blade narrowly missed me. Again. Again. Again. Each stab came closer than the last, leaving shallow cuts across my arms and legs. None of them were deep enough to kill me, but every one of them burned with pain.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkOXUw4RSx
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Then, just as suddenly as it had started, it stopped.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFklumYKmV
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The room fell silent once again. A few moments later, I heard the footsteps walking away, followed by my bedroom door creaking shut.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatsuyNp3yH
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I stayed inside the closet, too terrified to move. One minute passed. Then ten. Then an hour. I wasn't sure how much time had gone by, but I didn't dare step outside.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xzBa356y7
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Eventually, after what felt like forever, I slowly pushed the closet door open. The house was eerily quiet. I let out a shaky breath before remembering my family.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ptjdJj81p
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I ran downstairs as fast as I could.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKT7Qy6i63q
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The moment I reached the kitchen, my entire world fell apart.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMto5uwWOpT
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The sight before me was beyond anything words could describe. My knees gave out beneath me as a wave of anger, grief, fear, and disbelief crashed over me all at once. I couldn't breathe. The room began to spin, the walls seemed to close in around me, and my vision slowly blurred until everything went black.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBnoEAnk2c
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I soon woke up to bright lights shining above me. My eyes slowly adjusted, and I realized I was surrounded by doctors. I quickly sat up, but the sudden movement made me dizzy, and I fell back onto the bed.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVazGcaguv
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"Where are my parents?" I asked.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnWqnWhHoM
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No one answered.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1EaJ6NBivd
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I looked around at their worried faces, confused by their silence.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80mQDr2zlX
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"Where is my brother?" I asked again.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOREKPc9pv
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Still, no one said anything.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSIbgcIMFtZ
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After running several tests, the doctors finally decided it was time to tell me the truth.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6K2Fuqq5v
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My parents were dead.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMJx40Gxju
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They had been murdered by a serial killer named Xumi.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGDDshPePD
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Apparently, Xumi was a dangerous killer who had been taking innocent lives for years, but he had never been caught.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYiUNMd7Uqu
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I didn't scream.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZfQEDXBDZ
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I didn't cry.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbIycvLr5ki
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I just sat there, staring into nothing, wondering one thing.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhk4aexvQk
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What was the point of life now?24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDvG3nsvR4
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After I recovered, I was taken to live with my relatives. For a few weeks, everything seemed okay. I started to believe that maybe, somehow, my life could become normal again.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1Sy6F9heS
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But then they died.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0p2AM9ud9
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The police identified their cause of death as strangulation, but they couldn't find out who was responsible or how it happened.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm619lgm4vM
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After that, I was sent to stay with another relative.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGHScJkffu
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For a while, things were peaceful.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsNTOt11Zq
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Then they died too.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ114v7rXqR7
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And then another family took me in.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGQSlrLR0R
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They died as well.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdVKj8F5aL
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At that point, the police started to suspect me. They wondered if I was somehow responsible for their deaths, but they had no evidence. I was only ten years old, and there was nothing they could prove.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuTe2LJkcP
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After the first few incidents, no other relatives wanted to take me in. They were afraid that they would become the next victims.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrD6AD9kQ7
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Soon, people started calling me Mara.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsLVD1pdY5
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They believed that wherever I went, darkness followed.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDekgTGxAzM
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The government eventually decided that the safest option was to send me to an orphanage.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbawZPrfoC
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And that was how I ended up here.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8yQwHPtst
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I've tried to end my life many times. About ten times, to be exact. Each time, I was either saved or somehow survived. People called it luck, but I didn't see it that way.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9O2IS42Qr
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It wasn't that I wanted to continue living. I wanted to pay for all my sins by going to hell, and I believed the only way to do that was by no longer being alive. But that night was different.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjpd2NTtmt
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That night was supposed to be the end.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEQvzw6oTu
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I was locked in a room with no sharp objects or anything that could help me hurt myself. The orphanage had done everything they could to keep me safe, but I had already made up my mind.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb44wT9YWQE
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It was a cold, windy night. I woke up exactly at 2 a.m., knowing that was when the nuns would be asleep. I quietly left a note behind, thanking them for everything they had done and for trying so hard to keep me alive.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsddKlWxS2W
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Then I walked up to the roof.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTX1BIrqzye
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The wind rushed against me as I stood there, looking into the darkness. I stood on the edge, ready to let everything end.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZKrGk89Yl
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Then I saw someone.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEjUg1berd
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She was tall, with brown hair and mascara smudged across her face, as if she had been crying for hours. She looked up at me and immediately shouted, "Hey, little girl! Come down from there, or you're going to die!"24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡru3upDtgYE
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I ignored her and moved one leg forward.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOr9X3dcMF
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Her expression changed instantly. She looked horrified.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiDQ1EutPY
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"Come down now! You're going to die, and I don't want you to die. Please stop this. You don't understand how valuable your life is, so stop being selfish and come down!"24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3O100YIrJ
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I looked down and thought, Wow, she's really going to be the last person I talk to on this earth.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2uWPEET41
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I sighed.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcFwXnsjX7
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"My life already ended a long time ago," I said. "So don't try to call me selfish when you know nothing about me."24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwMFKVPW7j
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She stared at me.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNAS9tBURpg
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"Do you have a family? Where's your mom or dad? You don't know how hard life is. You're probably just a sheltered kid who knows nothing about the world. You selfish,bratty coward."24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxI9FXUFpO4
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For some reason, those words hit a deep part of me.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Tfif8SsVH
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"Selfish brat? How dare you call me that?" I shouted. "You have no idea what I've been through. Do you know how painful it was when my family was killed? Do you know what it feels like to be alone and then everyone abandons you? And you're telling me I'm selfish and a coward ?"24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5EU7l8WWxk
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Her expression softened, and she looked guilty.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkOjz2OHw2
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"I'm sorry for judging you," she said. "I'm going through a difficult time too. I just found out my sister has cancer. But I still mean what I said. You're a coward."24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvpbx3nGvR
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She took a deep breath before continuing.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBTFYgismp
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"Do you really think your parents would be happy if you died? They wouldn't. They loved you. Your life meant everything to them, and giving up now would mean everything they did for you was wasted."24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQpNjUzIiG
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She looked at me seriously.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNaggvXOMU
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"Tell me something. How did your parents die?"24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDX2YN5LmKO
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"They were killed," I replied. "By a serial killer who still hasn't been caught."24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3wEUrAwxx
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A small smile appeared on her face.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41yDOSYHSO
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"Then boom. Now you have a purpose in life."24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePIpCOgPvm
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I looked at her, confused.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSIMzbc3Jj
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"What do you mean?"24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNQNDaQB4F
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"They haven't been caught, right? So why don't you find the killer yourself?"24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkIjRrPWc5l
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"But what if I lose?"24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMiBoeWGp0
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"It doesn't matter," she said. "At the end of the day, you have nothing to lose. Not even your life."24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPlEPjbLxV
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For the first time in a long time, I felt something I thought I had lost forever.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUdv6q4Cnd
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Hope.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYsExpVhOi
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Most people told me to give up and live a peaceful life, but she said something different. She gave me a reason to keep going. Suddenly, I was determined to find the person who destroyed my family.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiEuHqdrZh
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The wind grew stronger as I tried to step away from the edge. But before I could fully move, a powerful gust pushed me forward.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMy1MfaVtnN
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I fell.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTPEmtQQw5
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But she reacted quickly.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHRo2gE4Wy
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She caught me and broke my fall.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kn9v8JrHM
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She looked at me with a small smirk.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhC0GgBDPGg
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"Hi, my name is Chloe. What's yours?"24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUmk6IgB1J
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I looked at her.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhcaP4RpcJ
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"Uriah."24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7W1FnEpsdv
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And somehow, I had a feeling this day was going to be the beginning of something unforgettable.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrYwacxzl7
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