"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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxjpJ1c0U3
But it wasn't always like this.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0p4n1Dn4Z
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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTkTLLdI7J
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6stIZ9Mzyd
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mxvUz5k6h
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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XfwbWDMnE
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He had two different-colored eyes, one blue and the other green.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJHc2b2mOA
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"Hey, little girl," he called. "Come here."9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wGhzy2lGA
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvwnI9gGjM
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZoCPsfxDE
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Finally, she broke the silence.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMfk9MEp1a
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRbUQKjYAH
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNotMWgnqQ3
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTU4AfHmPa9
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A little while later, she smiled at me as if nothing had happened and started making dinner.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjlYNroRN3
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Spaghetti and meatballs.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGoAv5uMOD
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFLedFKnj2
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Then the lights went out.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68qRtsIHCA
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At first, I thought it was just a power outage. I was wrong.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRcsV6MfhZ
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcCZ481lSoF
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Then everything went silent.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNQbqQFdfs
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRzM8gJfHd
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Right. Left. Right. Left.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLRTLK1tTG
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Each step grew louder as whoever it was walked closer to my door. Then the footsteps stopped.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eMH73KiV6
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41l2DGpRn3
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The footsteps returned.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡio3MYPugwA
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Right. Left. Right. Left.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HtePl6Umk
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Whoever it was slowly walked into my room.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGpaln8wA6
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZgw9L5Wuc
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Everything went still.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgs3cXW4Lkj
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Then the knife stabbed through the closet door.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡes3sAVg0Q1
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRtERhHcOR
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Then, just as suddenly as it had started, it stopped.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8s4230kDyu
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7mMV8GP6v
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1l22ZZOMm5
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcZirRkJ77
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I ran downstairs as fast as I could.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwrbX33CLd
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The moment I reached the kitchen, my entire world fell apart.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3sfSvjHLg6
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxZsMHQ432
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjLlCQcyc9
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"Where are my parents?" I asked.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxb1rTBlRcP
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No one answered.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzsLrLAFVn
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I looked around at their worried faces, confused by their silence.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3O5vqxEDuo
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"Where is my brother?" I asked again.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmqrwX3MnF
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Still, no one said anything.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxSmEhr90f6
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After running several tests, the doctors finally decided it was time to tell me the truth.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NmHraKw56
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My parents were dead.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBs5Ygu3JN
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They had been murdered by a serial killer named Xumi.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqz2oUMnl1
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Apparently, Xumi was a dangerous killer who had been taking innocent lives for years, but he had never been caught.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3yN4AMOPd
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I didn't scream.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2pIQzkNfW
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I didn't cry.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡel92R4PwjQ
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I just sat there, staring into nothing, wondering one thing.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQXFfTwkpA
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What was the point of life now?9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHX5c1EhTM
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2UjxsiBUU
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But then they died.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSon2ejXLNY
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQFHrBrUQw
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After that, I was sent to stay with another relative.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8ExmacSmw
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For a while, things were peaceful.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡketCU9mXcZ
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Then they died too.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmhljwwDiu
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And then another family took me in.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhL2bqWtta
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They died as well.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Yu0Wmxmb4
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVbozCO4Cz
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1ewW4Vcy5
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Soon, people started calling me Mara.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAoX8vkzXO5
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They believed that wherever I went, darkness followed.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwiDhiP5VR
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The government eventually decided that the safest option was to send me to an orphanage.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLc1pyVjOA
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And that was how I ended up here.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8w6BcNNTRU
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkabXknCOW
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftkvE3fpZP
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That night was supposed to be the end.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrBywtPPBX
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoE7Hcz2ZQA
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXO3mASJXJm
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Then I walked up to the roof.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSlj6sek4A4
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5Ec12EXUR
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Then I saw someone.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLB1qHy18R
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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!"9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡff97ssSFiE
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I ignored her and moved one leg forward.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuH8V83k2WL
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Her expression changed instantly. She looked horrified.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4E4jwXJXYc
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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!"9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Hu9dPB9Gg
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0hw9jpUGUl
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I sighed.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6U8YOeRj6
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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."9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8S7YqU1x81
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She stared at me.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpN362N7YPJ
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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."9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1z1v5rTcS
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For some reason, those words hit a deep part of me.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPP4CTMHha
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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 ?"9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhsqFD9ePb
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Her expression softened, and she looked guilty.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasbdN4aBW4
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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."9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vgqJzs5hS
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She took a deep breath before continuing.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCHlxj6R98
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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."9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBBTxqYsYQ
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She looked at me seriously.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5EvdUVU3UB
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"Tell me something. How did your parents die?"9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1cEysQ3oi
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"They were killed," I replied. "By a serial killer who still hasn't been caught."9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJIVmg0ZwQQ
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A small smile appeared on her face.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Lu5dcq63N
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"Then boom. Now you have a purpose in life."9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4DHGVE6Lu
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I looked at her, confused.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfjR0oFQvG
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"What do you mean?"9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGRGgwGSF3
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"They haven't been caught, right? So why don't you find the killer yourself?"9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCTotVbB8hl
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"But what if I lose?"9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqo45Ceo9l
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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."9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLEIBzYNYw
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For the first time in a long time, I felt something I thought I had lost forever.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAbGAfmx3N
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Hope.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRbrpCQh1S
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7q8oeJwLsv
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡix3DcDUzth
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I fell.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5gLT2Oh0A
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But she reacted quickly.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9sVbq7PcQ
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She caught me and broke my fall.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrulx1QJvWO
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She looked at me with a small smirk.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFpH0LgmrG
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"Hi, my name is Chloe. What's yours?"9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfglYXmkIBW
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I looked at her.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5aukXV8D3N
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"Uriah."9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrGEYBYZ7H
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And somehow, I had a feeling this day was going to be the beginning of something unforgettable.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNVaYlEGDp
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