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crawling back, so why wa

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omething sickly sweet, lik

et and shoved aside the pain

e door

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led i

scattered. C

elvet box

ther'

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ly thing I ha

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un a

t the doorframe, draped

oose on h

a cheap gold chain,

sy chain through the band

said. My voice wa

nted," she said, smiling. "He said you

ng. It's not community

ed towa

her eyes dartin

eamed. "Dustin, s

ng in from the bathroom, a towel

hell is

i cried, clutching the ring. "Sh

I said, pointing at Jami's ches

d at the rin

Jami liked it. I'll buy you

is eighty years old. It

hrugged, completely indiffe

it t

ed for

hurt her. I jus

eked and yank

eck and threw the ring

n

d was si

of the setting and ski

nt under the for

roken pieces of m

inside m

at Jami. She

appe

ulated move. It

with her cheek w

scr

he wor

grabbed m

't pull

hove

ved me

ard, my feet tan

fe

st the corner of the

ated behin

then faded into a d

the floor

e. My fingers came

over me, his

I saw horror

started, taking

Jami

, the stress! My

stopp

me, bleeding

looked

d his ba

cooed, wrapping his arms around her.

ed mys

m was t

dresser and fou

the bent

d up,

the side of my face,

in,"

ound. He was stro

in Po

ver his shou

na. Before I c

ing in my fist until th

done,"

asn't shak

my head. And you just broke the

," he said, waving h

this moment, Dustin. Because this

lked

e the blood

doorma

s in the eleva

d to see what his

spered to the closing elevator