"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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1rApXg3T0
But it wasn't always like this.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmy1K6xRYY
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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvMKywUGQz
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfC9eEZTGGy
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2VQbnUtOQ
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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4cP0qLu8I
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He had two different-colored eyes, one blue and the other green.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbdK1h1kstb
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"Hey, little girl," he called. "Come here."11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPeb9t0WJP8
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1B9RlOAIq4
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wsubkR23h
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Finally, she broke the silence.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrbjc9qBna
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2HpJrutUE
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02azF2bHj8
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPyIkkbWUJ
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A little while later, she smiled at me as if nothing had happened and started making dinner.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQO0KGJB33U
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Spaghetti and meatballs.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqK5yIUsPjp
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWybH6kZjzW
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Then the lights went out.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKU5jvxL2m
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At first, I thought it was just a power outage. I was wrong.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYsLzN70Tl
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHuUvUxWsO
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Then everything went silent.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4S72FtR2q7
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKniGMI2TQL
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Right. Left. Right. Left.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYlG5Y4aNb
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Each step grew louder as whoever it was walked closer to my door. Then the footsteps stopped.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvn7dTVfmwj
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjShrKuEcD
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The footsteps returned.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNtNsMGSqB
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Right. Left. Right. Left.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHX1lxuFCaV
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Whoever it was slowly walked into my room.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uAlkdFV4C
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9dB8hngh1H
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Everything went still.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDTbQFXPgAy
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Then the knife stabbed through the closet door.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuUZdOCQcJ
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxrNX1ekRn
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Then, just as suddenly as it had started, it stopped.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9kcLa1z73
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiV35ZQUvyY
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Kt8hfwhce
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdx8DG4O5Kw
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I ran downstairs as fast as I could.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRAwfbvas8
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The moment I reached the kitchen, my entire world fell apart.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsqWJ4Y4Nh
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoHHaOG1pNj
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wr9CcyuaN
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"Where are my parents?" I asked.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdaBtULoyh7
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No one answered.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEeYsG3gFz
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I looked around at their worried faces, confused by their silence.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVmkMn1H9j
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"Where is my brother?" I asked again.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUcOQDQVwf
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Still, no one said anything.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmrY5ReFsp
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After running several tests, the doctors finally decided it was time to tell me the truth.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehuwRRlw5V
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My parents were dead.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1SA3dgX6G
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They had been murdered by a serial killer named Xumi.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgIXFZE2ooN
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Apparently, Xumi was a dangerous killer who had been taking innocent lives for years, but he had never been caught.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7H1ltWKdMC
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I didn't scream.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Ke0aCvHBe
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I didn't cry.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4BNNMBMjt
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I just sat there, staring into nothing, wondering one thing.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsp5O5cyeU
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What was the point of life now?11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqs1F9afuIb
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNB9oIT8NuJ
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But then they died.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0oU0RpTN5d
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCRSzPzzwR
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After that, I was sent to stay with another relative.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXEw53mTE8
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For a while, things were peaceful.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMsXioNDFt
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Then they died too.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBADJS7NBG
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And then another family took me in.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFVoyKC2mA
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They died as well.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEXbkEw3Co
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcoDb7qdRu
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPV6RkovrI
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Soon, people started calling me Mara.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjAr2q1O4V
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They believed that wherever I went, darkness followed.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbhiSZKmki
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The government eventually decided that the safest option was to send me to an orphanage.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32jnkV8R4G
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And that was how I ended up here.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqA9wtwDbsK
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkL5J1L0IN
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKiX2VvXTr
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That night was supposed to be the end.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYbvNpEIkF
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNVELFKwJo
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdaV8e24EFl
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Then I walked up to the roof.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZhcLra6JH
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8o6KRblyYs
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Then I saw someone.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWTRYnXXl7
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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!"11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0KX5FIha7
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I ignored her and moved one leg forward.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDLQdiopuz
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Her expression changed instantly. She looked horrified.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEZbuBtnQi
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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!"11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabyGfNl73K
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2gfrErFpI
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I sighed.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnEzjhv7RB
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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."11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp142BjBd90
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She stared at me.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfbifdZhCy
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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."11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnXCcwUToB
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For some reason, those words hit a deep part of me.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIMKeRyTpO
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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 ?"11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZLsgb5a9t
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Her expression softened, and she looked guilty.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtooYR5vXs2
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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."11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvQe0dQUCL
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She took a deep breath before continuing.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYpaYpkJz6
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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."11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9QeICcGcu
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She looked at me seriously.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefRSiA5s0H
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"Tell me something. How did your parents die?"11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSeeZZEXxBi
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"They were killed," I replied. "By a serial killer who still hasn't been caught."11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71SzBv5tvU
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A small smile appeared on her face.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbqiPtIwp2
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"Then boom. Now you have a purpose in life."11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMAkror45N
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I looked at her, confused.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDkUciNVmR
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"What do you mean?"11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uc8Ia4gks
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"They haven't been caught, right? So why don't you find the killer yourself?"11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufDaOWSq3f
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"But what if I lose?"11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUbYH3KPH7
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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."11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvCl9EuUGp
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For the first time in a long time, I felt something I thought I had lost forever.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTpXzeGSm2
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Hope.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpLNGTkbwlp
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XmaQnnTIe
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5sDVlmEuSb
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I fell.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WNZfSABZt
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But she reacted quickly.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcE0KnAkFK
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She caught me and broke my fall.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyyUPFEGP7
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She looked at me with a small smirk.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4eeULBsVen
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"Hi, my name is Chloe. What's yours?"11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVGkREMaXY
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I looked at her.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ4QH2QaoM0
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"Uriah."11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3OuU6zy6Z
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And somehow, I had a feeling this day was going to be the beginning of something unforgettable.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASdPIOkfVE
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