The Lies He Raised Me With

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y didn'

ing with every step I took back and forth under the shelter. I told myself

feeling began to sink in. The school tried calli

he principal got a

oulders. One of the teachers came to me slowly, her eyes gli

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peak. I ju

ome. But it was

ople whispering under umbrellas. Yellow tape fluttered in the wind like

shouting, "It was him! That bastard D

itself into my memory l

tightly. "Oh, poor girl," she whispere

ents were murdered by men from a loan

e, staring at two plain wooden boxes. No rel

everything-was taken. Seized by the same people who

ttle I had and took

olor. No light. Just questions

y, everythi

came f

was Matthew. He signed the papers, showed t

he told me wit

that, I was no

then... that he

would shape