"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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr25IEno5YX
But it wasn't always like this.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVX839kISjT
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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmlvLAxqFoh
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XO4eLZyoD
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNH0CjMvR5s
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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9eZIPuLT4
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He had two different-colored eyes, one blue and the other green.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQeMK5iUoP1
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"Hey, little girl," he called. "Come here."25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5TNleHu0Rv
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3G2Ld6Ukz
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbzYAfmOnc
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Finally, she broke the silence.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzoo89xcum
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mDHqRkOtX
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgs8x9SmNi
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DiZJxuMdH
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A little while later, she smiled at me as if nothing had happened and started making dinner.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3lA9z91NH
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Spaghetti and meatballs.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz63lGQEanc
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHvpRY3C87
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Then the lights went out.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OZf9IqcoV
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At first, I thought it was just a power outage. I was wrong.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9k6SWoTBd7
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhzX3JuzPe
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Then everything went silent.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3YVOhvms5
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3UUGgKOPot
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Right. Left. Right. Left.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutYvPHK6nx
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Each step grew louder as whoever it was walked closer to my door. Then the footsteps stopped.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmF3B1Yr2RP
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcevWxWNt2P
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The footsteps returned.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tj85xFvMg
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Right. Left. Right. Left.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmyYgeUpv0
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Whoever it was slowly walked into my room.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lhD4WLXjM
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8K7gHGPVa
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Everything went still.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡypoPenpshF
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Then the knife stabbed through the closet door.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWifWr8IpIS
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRaQMOizJes
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Then, just as suddenly as it had started, it stopped.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuRf7xaWIDq
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxCN6zD6qT
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64Pi1rw5rQ
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCO2EooK4i
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I ran downstairs as fast as I could.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxBjaDpnPW
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The moment I reached the kitchen, my entire world fell apart.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28qH1NLuVn
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAyvNiWDUl8
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCnMVGOC9G
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"Where are my parents?" I asked.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZW7wm11dWj
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No one answered.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS81KkUtbLr
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I looked around at their worried faces, confused by their silence.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClOvnownO0
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"Where is my brother?" I asked again.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5TAbnQE4fG
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Still, no one said anything.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxjpBhqdkx
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After running several tests, the doctors finally decided it was time to tell me the truth.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63k9AHVBgf
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My parents were dead.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrza1Gki0RF
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They had been murdered by a serial killer named Xumi.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEoziI5RxY
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Apparently, Xumi was a dangerous killer who had been taking innocent lives for years, but he had never been caught.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡntZjqODXtf
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I didn't scream.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdzopeyiqs
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I didn't cry.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOyNHbZygo
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I just sat there, staring into nothing, wondering one thing.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22FglzDFBo
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What was the point of life now?25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vwsCagPfP
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBPkbtSByJ
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But then they died.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASRtMp0u6n
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GVmxOQ87l
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After that, I was sent to stay with another relative.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8K1pC9kD0
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For a while, things were peaceful.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkHy0bIn7S
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Then they died too.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJhnz4Ngrz
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And then another family took me in.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDGWH4RzHh
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They died as well.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllhIibA9My
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxf5VLkRP9
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHFg04Hz0z
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Soon, people started calling me Mara.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZBoLCSD3e
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They believed that wherever I went, darkness followed.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomxHt3AIOR
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The government eventually decided that the safest option was to send me to an orphanage.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRsppxg9gC
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And that was how I ended up here.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUnmY8gnQS
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPUFv3mcDy
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnkZUCAm99
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That night was supposed to be the end.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMble2O9juM
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtnlnaNYyt
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9aqlVIePi
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Then I walked up to the roof.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UrcKFgKhA
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KksOTAZlI
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Then I saw someone.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8pPnI9DPjT
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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!"25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMH6YXyhKI0
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I ignored her and moved one leg forward.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPTF5vrCik
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Her expression changed instantly. She looked horrified.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkfXu34jPw
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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!"25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEa6oCaccR
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBf1NXBw782
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I sighed.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8xEgTm59D
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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."25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAS3D26JCht
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She stared at me.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnrZYpI0hQ
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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."25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8E1nBM5hN
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For some reason, those words hit a deep part of me.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFSB75iOsQ
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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 ?"25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHO8Y8Thex
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Her expression softened, and she looked guilty.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cuMfMFpMX
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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."25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVeN1UvkYTq
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She took a deep breath before continuing.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlplT1QzzYi
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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."25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvgsXyP1ab
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She looked at me seriously.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX447ASj9t1
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"Tell me something. How did your parents die?"25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftjtSQprf1
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"They were killed," I replied. "By a serial killer who still hasn't been caught."25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBVuaV0DNG
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A small smile appeared on her face.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtS5GRxCE5b
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"Then boom. Now you have a purpose in life."25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcxOH1tVXd
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I looked at her, confused.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHgJ5sonhf
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"What do you mean?"25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Af26J4bGq
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"They haven't been caught, right? So why don't you find the killer yourself?"25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH17Ufn2lq7
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"But what if I lose?"25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNeGS1DXgp7
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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."25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb01kKmspQo
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For the first time in a long time, I felt something I thought I had lost forever.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEKC2PMVhY
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Hope.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVksFTM7oaZ
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYr1gx79z4A
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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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYlQQ1vY53
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I fell.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjHZ1NQ2Zb
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But she reacted quickly.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbT4p6UA780
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She caught me and broke my fall.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrIOjVDjwIB
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She looked at me with a small smirk.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dQBXsaNM1
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"Hi, my name is Chloe. What's yours?"25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqe4fkArop
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I looked at her.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZLogQJLGx
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"Uriah."25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDveKZ0fpIU
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And somehow, I had a feeling this day was going to be the beginning of something unforgettable.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADaeaf34xo
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