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hrough the curtain. Wrapped up in my duvet and huggi

it

at

still in my old room, back at my

place so much that now

I stretched and yawned, blinking my eyes

om, was this some

god' I kept whispering, my

cted to the floor immediately, a l

ced standing

trying to play, Nora" I yel

ed I was with N

reak it flew open, it was Agnes, my step

ommotion, Lisa" she

pinching my cheek so I could come back to reality, but it w

, this is our house if I remember correctly" she said

into the room, coming straight at me, I already had my

ling out of the hug and smiling so hard

till confused as t

eam? Did I loose my

re expecting important guests later this evening, remember?" Moth

before stepping

xcited "You're going to se

sked, speaking more

intensity of her voice and the way she has been talking

off trying to figure out

irs" Nora grinned as she

door, slamming it shut and leanin

and I instinctively took my hand to my stomach t

only to be met with a fresh butterfly tattoo at the si

nging in my throat. I moved my hand to my fac

room trying to get to the full length wall mir

self, way less wrinkles around my siren grey eyes, with my shirt up, flat stomac

uck" I whis

the night stand to grab my phone, it was my old

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e and turned on my medium sized TV, also plastered with stickers. I swi

THE HIGHWAY, GUNNED DOWN

, MARCH

dropping to the bed, my hands on my h

ore. I was heavily pregnant. I tried to escape and Nora cam

di

at my father's house, back

sation hit me, I

past, I still don't understand eve

pillow and hugging it so tight that

e this was possible. I had never been the religious or supersti

od what was happening, I ha

EVER MAR

ng like that. He loved me but he has al

st official meeting between both families, then I still had two months till the wed

overy, I rushed to the bathroom to

rew on a wide necked blouse wit

I talking to her, but she's still my stepmother and the root of all my ruin. If

il, it was cold under my fingertips, the spiral wooden staircase ran down str

e kitchen and I heard N

iver" Nora whined as moth

ked at Nor

marries Blake, I can't let my swee