"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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTe2uORKeGl
But it wasn't always like this.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1QdwXLwzS
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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjrJ0Te60N
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhrtSz6Jzc
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbEnmplKPu
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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDLdJD76F9
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He had two different-colored eyes, one blue and the other green.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡti70SMN4vL
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"Hey, little girl," he called. "Come here."30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpISeWhKp5h
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgxIPYE1sW
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFJPaarLw0
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Finally, she broke the silence.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67UlHU3lN3
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXvT7WYJcCm
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeuwIQQdNON
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gxHaCqDHY
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A little while later, she smiled at me as if nothing had happened and started making dinner.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAP4ix4Ikn
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Spaghetti and meatballs.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWIzK0yAk9
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx6rTHv82Tk
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Then the lights went out.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrAFTweM2j
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At first, I thought it was just a power outage. I was wrong.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHFNhBoE4h
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwDt3sRwHl
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Then everything went silent.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKptQC9zp2
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQFZFThUK5
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Right. Left. Right. Left.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QDzBrACsE
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Each step grew louder as whoever it was walked closer to my door. Then the footsteps stopped.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgPgNnqolB
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwpMmyQIo9
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The footsteps returned.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfY4sB74esl
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Right. Left. Right. Left.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsLPykoIwm
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Whoever it was slowly walked into my room.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUab9UBmcTh
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76T7jYXnVY
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Everything went still.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBU5NSevAb
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Then the knife stabbed through the closet door.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUhSZI1X8O
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIB2KbQIvI
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Then, just as suddenly as it had started, it stopped.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxORTAv7Ysw
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrZp4WNTNm
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OO73lxtUt
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjgVRZ23BW
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I ran downstairs as fast as I could.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT13DnFcnAF
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The moment I reached the kitchen, my entire world fell apart.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJ9SYAPo54
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFF42WXTBaZ
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYUXRX5P3F
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"Where are my parents?" I asked.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9qdGQMv2G
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No one answered.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHjTTam5R6
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I looked around at their worried faces, confused by their silence.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkoFYR0NDLS
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"Where is my brother?" I asked again.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjTABj8ZU9
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Still, no one said anything.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMye5rxaGj
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After running several tests, the doctors finally decided it was time to tell me the truth.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1sspQ8VDI
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My parents were dead.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFWfTv8UDl
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They had been murdered by a serial killer named Xumi.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64je9WR3dl
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Apparently, Xumi was a dangerous killer who had been taking innocent lives for years, but he had never been caught.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwhZNWo9obi
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I didn't scream.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCGPw3cV3V
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I didn't cry.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5bWBfDFgd
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I just sat there, staring into nothing, wondering one thing.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK49zG800pw
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What was the point of life now?30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoU2kEvIPH9
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqBxruiPh9
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But then they died.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhId0VVDM1H
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfxnibTWfA
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After that, I was sent to stay with another relative.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5B4tA13xy
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For a while, things were peaceful.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw27ZtTVcNY
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Then they died too.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScaQp2RQhF
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And then another family took me in.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRxvphoMmq
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They died as well.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9heLSLs3lB
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrBqAzuNDk
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmAAJhvnUG
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Soon, people started calling me Mara.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTnyI7ZnHQ2
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They believed that wherever I went, darkness followed.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OzJYlo4fX
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The government eventually decided that the safest option was to send me to an orphanage.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBICpDwKg7
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And that was how I ended up here.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2W7WpZVR8
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnioIQWeVI8
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZkdQ5OkCw
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That night was supposed to be the end.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbfZC2wqyg
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pXm1fYqhe
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3Js1mrH8t
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Then I walked up to the roof.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHM10HmdHu
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3gmuvsygp
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Then I saw someone.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dGue6g6mX
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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!"30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3n9C4y4MeG
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I ignored her and moved one leg forward.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbNz6jirMs
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Her expression changed instantly. She looked horrified.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVCwhjguRn
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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!"30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb68kS666q4
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShYPQP8wlB
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I sighed.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnTn7aqJfu
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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."30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyoY7IW4jXR
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She stared at me.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6R4GaSaAbB
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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."30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HwqQz3RuG
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For some reason, those words hit a deep part of me.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6srVayOMPz
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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 ?"30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxL4vkk7Vzn
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Her expression softened, and she looked guilty.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7kLktOJFL
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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."30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUPHZBtJN7
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She took a deep breath before continuing.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hc1nTJpK2
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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."30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuaFI7uE3qB
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She looked at me seriously.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnz68eqiFQ
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"Tell me something. How did your parents die?"30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjlE79K4JC
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"They were killed," I replied. "By a serial killer who still hasn't been caught."30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8vF9VLZQJ
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A small smile appeared on her face.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9p2B0CFxuM
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"Then boom. Now you have a purpose in life."30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJ8h8V4ZAW
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I looked at her, confused.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDHMeLTnBp
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"What do you mean?"30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1JpX1C5co
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"They haven't been caught, right? So why don't you find the killer yourself?"30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMByCwOlQmt
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"But what if I lose?"30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNIJL7DJhF
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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."30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZbsu7f5ed
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For the first time in a long time, I felt something I thought I had lost forever.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qqIYK0bQo
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpt6sBvibME
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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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaB2K2067jC
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I fell.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzK0VM8SjMN
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But she reacted quickly.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡud66BW3A7u
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She caught me and broke my fall.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnO5nCoQ9j
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She looked at me with a small smirk.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wMouASkv8
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"Hi, my name is Chloe. What's yours?"30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMkJaCIIUi
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I looked at her.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkQTPEMJ8O
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"Uriah."30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfD4eYG1vvX
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And somehow, I had a feeling this day was going to be the beginning of something unforgettable.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgp3XRODhC5
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