"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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAQBYxgw0x
But it wasn't always like this.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6YTXTpgtaP
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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbymsXUrE5
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigBJ1eBCaF
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIy5HV6ISP
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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjo6TJJZD0
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He had two different-colored eyes, one blue and the other green.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4g6D3cTct
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"Hey, little girl," he called. "Come here."26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6u5j2ynvYH
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOEnBqauxI
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCDyKBjmCJ
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Finally, she broke the silence.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Ph9128tU8
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjBWTzmyfn
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsoH1UbbwM9
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLeSkor0DSw
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A little while later, she smiled at me as if nothing had happened and started making dinner.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzprw2KmmN4
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Spaghetti and meatballs.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EupCrwSGE
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5CiGWMBF1
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Then the lights went out.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHHgy0H5jm
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At first, I thought it was just a power outage. I was wrong.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqBRr34fVI
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7G37xInKP
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Then everything went silent.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAJWaHPEW1
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePqm1zj1ka
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Right. Left. Right. Left.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KMei2ttsA
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Each step grew louder as whoever it was walked closer to my door. Then the footsteps stopped.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyOEL4m2Zy
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjQlLi6O2g
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The footsteps returned.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfnSp78zF5
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Right. Left. Right. Left.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnCqdnM12Ge
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Whoever it was slowly walked into my room.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNFH49FUNj
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCotuGoNWTG
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Everything went still.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbJm6C8ww3
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Then the knife stabbed through the closet door.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ798spNXxLY
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMzRxhxTh8
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Then, just as suddenly as it had started, it stopped.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKb3PLeJtG
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7rSOeEfxI
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFUDDw2Fd2q
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvEy7yHoaHU
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I ran downstairs as fast as I could.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡix7YaGIYJF
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The moment I reached the kitchen, my entire world fell apart.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5LKexrPpD
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPXbOdwb4c
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPgASuPWrK
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"Where are my parents?" I asked.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQQF7A0ue8
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No one answered.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiXQmbABeC
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I looked around at their worried faces, confused by their silence.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSB2Qmn5V1Q
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"Where is my brother?" I asked again.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSAjGg1hVc
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Still, no one said anything.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEnPaz0pkL
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After running several tests, the doctors finally decided it was time to tell me the truth.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DLVcodqgw
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My parents were dead.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQLj5UN8o9
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They had been murdered by a serial killer named Xumi.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsiP95ewM0U
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Apparently, Xumi was a dangerous killer who had been taking innocent lives for years, but he had never been caught.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrl73cUWRV
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I didn't scream.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ieCpsWSL6
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I didn't cry.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzcoSdEX1p
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I just sat there, staring into nothing, wondering one thing.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxc3f6jiQTZ
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What was the point of life now?26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHH2Gf4CyP
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPq45VANsf7
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But then they died.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLViqlkJ6zp
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYO8IHlF4e
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After that, I was sent to stay with another relative.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWnCw2ned6
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For a while, things were peaceful.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYV4YEqoLg
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Then they died too.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDCyaLbIBB
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And then another family took me in.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitLEnOg1qe
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They died as well.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bpEGx6SKN
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGkHifcwZt
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclwgX9Bw6C
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Soon, people started calling me Mara.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8WS9TQgYA
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They believed that wherever I went, darkness followed.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3RYpFwhrin
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The government eventually decided that the safest option was to send me to an orphanage.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTl8Y5exMv
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And that was how I ended up here.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zJqxVNdq3
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSvv4JzknS
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33DWAJWArn
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That night was supposed to be the end.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyNxCKdPk2
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBtsLZML4Lh
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuPekYSXpr
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Then I walked up to the roof.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh88VmsWr6m
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFo7kJ5FmDh
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Then I saw someone.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61s5YaIDkR
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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!"26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6icRdrx62c
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I ignored her and moved one leg forward.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEJypEaIiJ
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Her expression changed instantly. She looked horrified.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfS4v8yl9c
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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!"26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVo7sNhKJQ4
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSlpEqN9tpN
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I sighed.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Fm9ziyTss
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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."26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmxiWiZOrY
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She stared at me.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUM8rSHlhUf
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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."26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYJe68AO8H
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For some reason, those words hit a deep part of me.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFP4tDUDnQs
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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 ?"26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslsJVLIjWi
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Her expression softened, and she looked guilty.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxFXGdw5Uu
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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."26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBPgGpbdVF
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She took a deep breath before continuing.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0Hx48TyNC
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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."26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1c1bY9H5M
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She looked at me seriously.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5DDYKOyMA
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"Tell me something. How did your parents die?"26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOy5ol4K2YU
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"They were killed," I replied. "By a serial killer who still hasn't been caught."26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqyqy7zUDY
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A small smile appeared on her face.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlkxejGBgUh
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"Then boom. Now you have a purpose in life."26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcwcHJcX2A
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I looked at her, confused.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMqJOjur6U
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"What do you mean?"26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkLzM9meCn
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"They haven't been caught, right? So why don't you find the killer yourself?"26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9EaaJXQh8
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"But what if I lose?"26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAVk6LYHg2
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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."26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqFGFj4X2J
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For the first time in a long time, I felt something I thought I had lost forever.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwsY9WjTl5
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Hope.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHZzkDmzNi
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmAmTQU0Csl
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxwIgZEGiG
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I fell.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPF5u7XglU
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But she reacted quickly.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVyOzgCDvH
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She caught me and broke my fall.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQYyLjJO5e
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She looked at me with a small smirk.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8Eaz2Qrjp
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"Hi, my name is Chloe. What's yours?"26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQezFIzRPJ
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I looked at her.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MdAnEJLFC
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"Uriah."26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HOasOpBEk
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And somehow, I had a feeling this day was going to be the beginning of something unforgettable.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHQKW7rT7q
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