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realizes!
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& c% A; I. B6 ~0 Z, B7 I4 x7 E, Q% m# OI didn't I am, Magistrate, , again. off, anyway? Second, time. time, almighty, educated, voice.
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"Miss I more, I I'll isn't monetary."
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# Y0 A1 v1 }  K* h# lPfft. a bitch, I'm certain.
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I heard, "Call case." stood. I mumbled, "Fuck again."
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"Your Scott. a substance, marijuana." podium. I smiled, "It wasn't suspect, dope."- \  \' U/ R- e% j& u* z

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"Order! Scott, again?"
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I myself, hard, intended." X& F+ O. a) ]7 U) c" s
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"Miss Scott? I a response!"% W# n$ x1 m4 {% l( G/ C2 n

. ]9 f! ]# \' e9 p5 VI head. I mumbled, "I don't know. yo, get." I me. again. "Order!" I disgust. "Amie, I you?"
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" W# ^+ q5 b/ k# J+ j% y"No, nothing?" I again. "Come Amie, young, eighteen, you're bright, intelligent, can't better? back..."7 Q! |" V+ R( ~; M# M

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3 c% g. |+ E" P# e0 S) P) R9 R. R1 m# {9 c"Back home."7 J& l' E; ]! v5 Z: d* E5 Y
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I away, "Fuck Judge, don't him. He'll again!" again. "Order!"; Y: z: Q. b: U. _* ^2 ?
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I crying, "Judge, jail. won't it, again! fuckin' it, couldn't fuckin' it!" down,2 g; @6 {8 e- d/ `9 l. d
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'Crack Crack'9 \) }- m3 O- P2 [$ J0 Y

5 ~" K1 M% R1 q; G8 C9 A$ n"Order! Scott!" m! r. h( L6 l  W: q- U- ~
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I again, I talk. "Come Judge, please, I'm you, jail. I report. Don't Judge, he'll Judge, jail!"
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% k/ |4 D8 i1 p6 o4 R' t+ KI harder. "Judge, time! know!" down,6 K9 }$ v& O6 C( A7 M. R6 q* s6 @

, U1 r# }( x1 K'Crack Crack'
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"ENOUGH Scott! silent. moved, spoke, anything. didn't strong, hold.
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I ADA, ground, shoes. "Hey on, me. I'll you'll again." down,, S3 ?9 u. {$ N+ S6 j& ^5 ^4 S; w4 C

3 c% L2 {  c6 c% t& X, @  Z'Crack Crack'
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$ ?8 ]" r; e5 T) z; T& f"That's Scott!
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that's enough!" louder./ w3 w& l, ^, b$ ^0 n

5 j" v9 e4 Z0 R, yI pain, me, way. me, spoke. "Bailiff, chambers, ADA, well, minutes, chambers. minutes." bench. disappeared.
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1 h  ~+ U2 F* g. h( G1 x0 K3 [2 _door. ear, "Don't curse, please. isn't a Amie, doesn't cussing."
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"Sorry, I can't..." door, I her. "Come in!" door, in. desk.8 ~' f. B( k: |& S: ~( ]
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"Amie, can't streets. I you, I don't that."7 U; G3 u( _9 |2 M
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I there, I didn't speak, I to. I more. ADA. "I a decision." her. "You charges, behavior." nodded, me. "Amie, I a women's a Sarah." me, ADA. "It isn't here. I her. a room, want, place, want." room. I crying, "Please Honor, I can't home."+ `6 p) d" p; K% v! [
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"I Amie, I know."( u9 @6 h+ }0 F+ u
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I I well.
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Judge. I shelter. I desk, a there. phone, I back, waiting. phone, me. "Well lady, I you?". R! f! B3 P5 F: w: m

! C4 |; U- e. e  ~I a slower. "Yes, ma'am. I'm here. I'm... I'm service." stood, "Well, I'm Sarah. I me."2 F- F1 B  M6 M" r( m4 ~

) o6 }! ^0 o( F# p& L. z9 nI head, "Yes ma'am." I possible.. b. N2 J& r* u1 J- L9 W
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"And I hear, you'll cottage, me, want."
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I didn't say. I there. a I back. a posture./ n  g, J2 d  d

6 r% ], V% q0 t" T"I'm Amie. I just...." apologized, asked. "Have yet?"5 `0 a2 j3 T7 C4 y& S

. Z3 Z5 S/ Q0 U# a. @- YI head, "No ma'am." smiled, "Come me, we'll like."
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4 \' y1 c( m* z4 n/ R( J6 q' HI a Sarah, I a a a stride. I about. I steps, I run, needed. kitchen. I women, ages. well, children. a silverware. "Ma'am, I'm to..." side. "Amie, today?"
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Embarrassingly, I it. "Come dear, yours."
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I hesitantly. line.) _6 x$ B# S" v. R
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"How today, Colonel?" asked.0 ~1 A) \* j) h& G* \

3 x+ y* |5 r7 Y' c"I'm good. Nancy, helper, Amie." me, "Amie, a Nancy, me."$ e( P* T2 ]( `
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"Well Amie, Sarah." winked. "Now I you?"5 O" l( m+ `9 H& L* w. r, ?
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I plates, Sarah. I a a water. plates, chicken, corn, potatoes, a roll. "Ma'am, I can't, much. I'll it."* R) K; V: i9 E$ @1 F* A7 r; B1 r

) m! N( C2 J, z) x! T2 r"Young lady, haven't a week. a favor, lunch. lunch. she'll room, staying, her."
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! g+ }: W; _, l, X  \"Wait! Trotter?" me. "Yes ma'am, she's a hero." a closer, "Darlin, a Vietnam, a ago. didn't there. a Army. a years."3 l, g4 Q% ]% g
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"If you'll me." I Nancy, I off, I up.8 o  E- M! u; ?4 W6 ?

8 J; L9 F. N; _* E. Q& LI food. I sitting. I table. I a exhaled, I didn't a scene.3 r5 w" C; }* Y. j; q: U: l: B
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"Tell Judge, Colonel, I'll the..."
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1 }2 k" c/ w% X8 A; t' C! }I cursed, fuck, didn't matter. "Tell I jail."
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"Young lady! instant!"
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I did, I tracks.
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"Turn lady!" again."Now here, good. everything, I, a here." paused. "Who more, me? you? Nancy?" me. "Now room, don't building. a love, hope, peace. don't here."$ b4 s0 O  _- K+ @: @( T

! a. d( z+ D( V8 a8 Y, {  nI me. I looked, room, me. I don't one, I apologized, a child, I twice. I finished, I Sarah. "Ma'am, I'm sorry, I'll leave. I sorry. I won't Judge."0 i+ K+ M; T4 X& m! S# p2 `& b- c
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I embarrassed, I eyes. burning, a deep, shame, ring. mantra, suit, instant, strangers.
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I a fraud. A ugly, a peace. over, sudden. I out, hide. I disappear. I said, I I wouldn't trouble.5 M. [9 h3 }' P+ c5 z3 A

# y; J# U( c: R& OI down, away, building. I them, I from. tile, world. I desk, shoulder. I backpack.
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* z8 K* x4 z. ^, l" g0 g! S7 D( CI go. I I go, bridge. I I that, I wasn't willing. there. concrete, police, so, I fall, I again. I kidding, hammer, a cell, again. gone, heaven. me, terrified. jello. I couldn't anymore. I couldn't running.
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Slowly, I bar. I around, cheeks. now, piercing, Colonel's eyes, I do.9 s) K3 m! U' D2 x0 T

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"Please," I whispered, room. I hard, a sob, her.0 j! i8 U) ]6 Z+ x% e$ a$ }
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"Please, Colonel... don't there. I don't jail. I can't... I can't him. stay. I'll dishes, I'll floors, I'll want. please..."
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"Seems a Amie." me. "Do clothes?"
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I harder. "No ma'am."
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3 z8 e' G7 @# T+ @7 j  @! y"Okay, let's a shower, we'll clothes. There's you. we'll lunch." back. "Ohh Amie, it'll alright, me, it'll alright.": e- i" G; z# R

; S4 P3 @- ], ]8 J8 A/ T$ l7 VI shower, a clothing. I I a four. I towel. I I wonderful. I hair, I again. different, I different. time, wasn't hurry,: x  C' h4 J1 {# O
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only.
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7 Y, F0 w! i& z5 ~2 ~* aI clothes. a underwear, wasn't worn, wasn't mine. I towel. I hadn't a time. I bra, basic, fancy, I help, well, new. I hooks, a I chest, cups. felt... comfortable.
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I area, I mirror, a towel. again, I didn't a anymore. didn't I be. I same, I a time, I hair,* @4 o' o8 x$ H( }% J
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) |6 M/ w, G) |. i$ t/ M" NI desk. smiled. "Now a eat?"
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0 e; a$ z4 r) j$ h3 D, [! FI nodded, speak. hand.
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"I then, woman, aren't be." again. area. I table. I sat. I a tea. I down, plates. I a glass, tea. Sarah. hands. ""Dear God, donors. love, peace, everyday." Sarah. a eyes. I wasn't ask. quietly, I softly. "Would you?"6 a2 U2 ?' a8 f  l
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"I'm I'm a unsure." I murmured. anything, I understood. herself. stood, I Sarah's dishes.
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( t0 J  ~: ?2 ^. d$ K"If dishes, dishwasher. over?"! n7 q. Y0 E1 @# |$ x1 p
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I Nancy. dishes. a tray.. W9 G, f/ u; ^: ]

2 u, @* l" o$ n4 g: x7 [' b"Got it?" me, I forward.
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$ U9 s# d& a- C7 h' DI spraying, rinsing, scrubbing. I tray. machine. a button.
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"Okay that'll a dinner. I dinner."
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I nodded.
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$ O' v9 f  U4 v! e6 D"Amie, me, here, won't you." I flinched. I well., v9 b# M7 P# E9 ~6 C
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"I'm ma'am. I don't I being..." nodded, I pots. I them, I Nancy. I a break. "Pardon ma'am, I bathroom?"
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"Amie, don't ask, go."+ K* [. U6 ~. y5 j* Q

/ H: ~( _+ ?" X1 z& ["I'm I don't rules." I again, I bathroom. I bathroom, there. hand. "Can a bit?"& g* r9 [' ^$ T/ q$ z

5 P- x* j/ |3 m1 f; DI area. a hope. I didn't bathroom, a time. me, same. wasn't comfort, support.% @7 S5 b' \% n$ C+ k
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"So, dinner, overnight." six, again."
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I continued, "Jennifer hours." paused. "You I around. I don't drive. I a here."
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I again. "Colonel?" I nodded, eyes, "Why care?" I eyes, "I'm a kid." I cried.
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"Amie, I I aren't kid. a world, haven't chance." a moment. "I've loved, cherished, for. a do, well. are. I."1 m& E" F2 l% P. {0 z$ y( W
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I crying, "I'm Sarah, I don't love, died." hand, "Now dear, that's here? you, grow."$ _* ]: K3 r3 F2 ?+ l6 j
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I head. I dishes. I stored." |/ o; T; n* x0 Y$ m: b- [3 `7 E
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"This stove, I'll with. I'm a lunch."
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I nodded, "Yes ma'am." smiled, "Now back. I'll cottage."& N. |9 u! G, j7 r, a/ g  n

2 A- z) x0 `- o" S4 V9 g7 Z) P, ~' f) hI front. "Colonel?" I whispered, me.
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"Ready?" asked. I nodded. "Good stand, a today.": u! {& p( Y  s) m2 H& t

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% d+ e6 Y% w4 `& C) F9 j"Now out, wrists. stand."
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I feet, tall, smiled. "Thank Amie, there's a I'll times. It's me." winked, "I'm longer.": u8 H; `( Z- R& u; e/ w; g+ h

7 y" P" z7 d; t4 o: H$ @"Yes ma'am, Colonel."  `4 g7 {( D( h/ r6 h
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"Amie, a Sarah?" smiled, I rules.7 x+ B! K! s1 T" v7 K' D
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back. I p seat. I lapnts, a shirts, a jeans, clothes. a I city, Heights. Road. a house, it, cottage.
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I panicked. I mirror. "Hey, Amie, relax, a breath."% p* E! ~  F4 h" i# G
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I nodded. "Yes, ma'am." I couldn't lie, really, bad. area. tomorrow. I seat, ground, car. away, I waiting. I hand, "cottage." a a keyring. "Here, door. 1776." door, I locks. open, pointed. "Press 'enter' key."/ n& a; R! X+ B4 E9 ^
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I that. I button, a sounded. us. I still, uneasy. it"Come, let's a chat, alright? I'll things."
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" t5 X* O; a( ]2 u  D7 O: NI nodded. arm, area. a me. "You sit, dear. safe." uncertain, I down, I didn't furniture. I floor, her, plush, wall. I them. I mode.. q; j6 V# {- d  w
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"Amie, yes, I 's estate." slightly. "They won't fall. compromise. I cottage, me." a silence.
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8 @! _8 k# E4 t; M9 P# h* X! k"I birthday, I I back," continued. "I years. that, I you, I nursing."  Q8 H4 j: [  X4 c: M* q

& J' D3 R0 s/ Z, T3 |; U4 zI slowly, whispered, "She me." I hesitated. "She Army, Vietnam."& q. M0 ^6 A. _. e/ y

! _0 @) ~* p& ^5 D0 M"I was. I a nurse, I graduated, I go. I times, trip. I men. Amie, I a a time. I help."0 ~+ x9 T6 O/ P6 ?. }

8 W9 [. a/ E+ J8 K! j  _I nodded. softly, a now. "I'm a tired, dear. bed?"
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/ ^# p5 B2 C- O9 H7 Z"Yes, ma'am." I her, stand.. {3 A+ `+ L, O* t3 H  g  M

' V5 w* V4 B' T8 i" sI bedroom. nightgown. undressed, underwear. I bathroom. a long, assistance.
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"Now, Amie, I aren't embarrassed," said, a chair. "I don't showering. I'm you, out, I'll that."
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8 u4 I  ]1 p+ p4 Y- K4 x. B  RI shivered, a stomach, I fear. hadn't me, I starving. I do.- }) o$ t8 F; Z% p/ v8 d4 [, c$ I
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"It's okay, Sarah. I've you," I murmured.7 s4 W+ L" o9 {) `+ J  w) ^% ]& n8 n
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I I into. I hadn't "helper" a a veteran, I counter, I a pride. once, a reason.! v+ N# o" \8 p# T" ~- y  O, K
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"Thank you, Amie," whispered, chair. "I'll I'm done."
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I bed, shower. minutes, stopped, I door.+ A/ j4 K8 h9 n1 @+ F4 h! m7 |+ U

& S" V$ n" F4 f/ sI in, steam. a body. bars, completely. I nightgown, sleeves, head. a pair. mine, bed. mattress. I them. a sigh, pillows. me, warmth.+ D+ c+ U; D6 \) D% Y4 C8 `
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"You're a this, Amie. you," softly. "Now, home. cottage, kitchen, rest. We'll breakfast, okay?"5 x9 V7 C& s7 [6 Q0 \4 Q4 x, i& E, q
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"Okay. Goodnight, Sarah," I whispered./ U# L3 f' g0 n  ]$ ^

6 s7 Y* L8 _% p. W"Goodnight, dear."
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I lamp, a soft, dark, hallway.
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) ^% o! a$ r1 A( RI bedroom. I panicked. me. I shaking, do. bed. covers, a I a Hathaway. I bathroom, Sarah's. a shower, a toilets. I wasn't for.2 R7 [# h. W. Q; v

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I window. I eyes, sleep.
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$ u+ n' l! T1 B! }' }: }* dbed. window, I wouldn't I I to. I that. a I was. me. Judge, shelter, me, Sarah, me, ride, estate, yeah, Heights.
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I back, body. I back, wall, I wasn't a I didn't a sleep, a man.. N$ X, n5 \& q

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"Amie?" floor.2 K& m, {: x0 K' s2 G1 j

. S  d6 X  N2 x5 u& XI feet, I didn't more. "Yes ma'am, I oversleep? I'm ma'am." bed, untouched. a me. judgement, anger, questions. a face.
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- Q6 c' n! B$ M/ M"Ma'am..." a quicker, "Amie dear, me." I needed. I fell, underwear. I a red.
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"Forgive Sarah." I body.: n' \( _" N/ Z" y7 y+ {: U; x

* p5 T  c0 S, T: @3 U"Amie, it's okay, let's dear. It's okay." softly. wouldn't me. "I alright."( h) C7 H; {0 B" Y6 b
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/ k5 N; R6 R! V" q"Amie, relax, I alright, all. Judge, a me. made."
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: A  `( Q! {; h0 J"And Amie?"
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8 m& x  A: c* e1 m3 E/ i9 K"Please never, anything. I I you. all, night." smiled.8 M) r6 g) w) T! a$ T( l* B

. y. n/ ^8 m8 f- {3 C! |  k* ?"Yes ma'am. I'll dress... I'll you." privacy.+ a9 L3 _: Q, {

. }& J) K3 `9 @; U3 k5 B0 d"Wait! Sarah, kitchen." I side, hallway. I I bedroom.- P4 D+ j: g, H% }: K
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I face, underarms. I her.
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I kitchen. window. I before.
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I shoes. a loser. "I'm Sarah, I've this.", x5 V. b& [, }# I5 y) }3 `; I. M
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"It's me, it's ones, I don't either, it's coffee." 'pod' button. a mug. me, magic, a plastic, I didn't myself. coffee, eggs, berries, them, cream. funny. a coffee, me. "Amie, you're sharing... life. a girl. college?"
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9 w5 x$ G# }! b1 C2 M  DI rest, "when I time, school. couldn't first, did, I at, I eighteen, a runaway, everything. I fled, back.": ?# l8 z- R  ?+ p% A! A' {- U3 F' c

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  f: [6 j8 x- ^" t8 Y: F0 dI waited, I didn't. fierce, a empathy. "And mother, dear?"
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"She I eight," I said, throat. quivering, I couldn't it. "It him. he...") F% ~6 t# q" o
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I tears. "He me, sexually," I sobbed, violently. "He over. is... knew. I them. investigated, wasn't him, I ran. I him, well, that's I jail, you."- v0 Z4 J2 v3 A1 P' L* k/ b4 k. t

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"Listen me, Amie," fiercely. "That monster's guilt. you, survived. here! I you, I'll him, I've..." down. "Forgive again."
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* @; W& [* w7 s( D0 V0 bI nodded, hand, breathing. conversation, a myself. rules. alarm, thermostat, freezer, a it. estate, "I don't Margaret, granddaughter home."" D9 l: t9 C, [, S, }/ r

$ [; j1 \& ^+ S4 J7 m; b  X, J, I"Nelson, daughter's husband, mogul. He's a I don't him, eyes." cue, a door. I I could.# \1 V' \' B4 ^2 P$ m5 F* }+ z5 B
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"Morning, Mother," said, a smile. "I house. I you?" blotched, fist. bench, I'd movements, a threat. morning, wasn't robe. a sweater, mother, me.1 u2 X2 _1 U* K/ C! |' M

6 @+ e- k$ @. c% z+ y* y0 o( s"Good Jennifer, you." said, machine. "Amie contraption. a chair."
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9 {) s1 i8 _) N; V, k- T8 m8 qI instinctively stand, out, hand. "Stay, please, Amie." a us, a sip. didn't tears. a table. I a mom.  Z/ R' V+ j* m! t) |

0 P  ~  [0 }. v, b- W"Judge, Sarah," I said, "If you'll me, I'll day." I life. I didn't here, all. I didn't all. much, daughter, me. bedroom, I blanket. flowed. I name.) Y: W8 c4 N8 b8 A( E( n4 B) y! c

. z$ Y  J5 o, k* O/ @% k9 N5 I& x"Amie?" Judge. I harder, wouldn't I fooling, I run. me. whispered. "Amie, what's dear?"
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I harder. "I don't belong, much, Judge, I go, me." happened, me. cry. ear. "Amie, I you, I needs. Please, I you."
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weekends, shelter. I washed, scrubbed, dusted, cleaned, hallway, windows, bathrooms, I I kitchen. week, I family. I eggs, hip, hide. tonight, completed, cottage, weren't inside.
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  m" _' F9 _$ Q1 x0 y; v"Grandmother!" A I threshold.
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"Margaret dear!" exclaimed. together, I Sarah's away, hallway, room, I door. privacy, world, a I couldn't I in.6 t# ^" D8 C6 w# h9 N% r1 d

' C# S- Z1 @9 n. t, a6 @I underwear. I shorts, I bra, a on. I undergarments, a I'd them. I a door. I out, "One Sarah, I'll shower."+ {. Q  I& v6 m2 F& J, \

* O# W, _% D4 |! Tslowly, there. I away, bed, window.
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. A1 G1 a: U% S; A"Excuse me, um, Amie, you. alright?"
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I nodded, "Yes ma'am. I privacy, me. I'll a moments, I washed." woman, Margaret, me, I immediately. a harm. hand, "I'm Margaret, granddaughter. She's her." hand, I hadn't it.
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"I'll a ma'am. I'm I just...." hallway., R; u6 L9 C7 Z0 |" a0 U

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I a laundry, smell.
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I a conversation. "Pardon me, Margaret, supper?" other, nodded. up. "Yes, us?"
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I nodded, "Yes ma'am." I liked. done, I three. strange, I hadn't before.
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I Sarah's Margaret, a me. table, I weeks, I outsider. eating, I kitchen, laundry.3 o" S' Y, V( H; @
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I off. I her. "Sarah? morning?" smiled. "Can tonight?"
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% V2 }0 k, h) S/ o% W! w% VI now. "Okay, let's bed." stood, I Margaret. hallway, her, "Come breakfast!"" j7 H/ D5 U7 o" b5 f$ a/ D' }
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I bed. I left, I Sarah. I room, I a gasp, down, I hadn't body, tummy.; i& g8 P' G- f. ]: {

8 a) H; Y; Y$ \1 d2 T! r. S"I'm a Sarah, I left." room. stunned, stunned. a me. "Can a moment?"7 D9 J* q5 e; \; G. r! T' f0 B
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I nodded. I couch, a us. me. "Mom Grandmother, I you."- F( v! e" Q2 E, b

  s/ B3 I/ s6 h7 K9 zI blushed. cracked. "I'm next, today."
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I myself, doesn't know, gawd, embarrassing. "Well I didn't huh?" head.
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# W/ D7 Z- t9 j6 ~! w, }. F& B"Well, I'll version. I'm a runaway. ago, streets, a deal, Service. well, I am. I've I could. I weekends, hours, I chores."
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4 M/ t4 U  ]$ l. h: c0 d% HI paused. "So I don't brings, I out, streets. We'll say." hands, me. "I haven't I've happier." hands. "When hip, a blowout, mom's paranoia." hand. "Thank her. a nurse.", D( K' ], Q! L
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I away, "I've morning. I don't I leave. I island." me, "But Grandmother?" stood. packet. I it, a ear.
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"Mother? What's leaves?" I expressions. "That's I thought!" me, replied, ear.
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8 W) k0 r# T. B+ o4 Y% s. `/ u& V* w"I can't house, undergarments wash, I can't go..." I again, shame. I again.0 Y, ^: ~6 {8 ^/ @* g1 I
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"Hey Amie, it's alright, I'll here. It's alright." said, "I'll back." alone, say.- {  I! q* x+ E

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"Amie, I a ago, I you. I've pay, service. I but," hers. "Amie, happier, I she. I but, stay, please, I caregiver."
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A eye, "Judge, I..." lips. "No Judge, it's Jennifer."
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: K! A3 Z, H: a" P/ d" F  cI me. "Now settled, I'll need."
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"I I I Ju... Jennifer." daughter, cheek. "You do. I'm house." left, couch. chatting, friends.
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Margaret's a together, mornings. coffee, I Sarah, night. I bed, I room.& L5 [9 _! o6 D, S. N# V7 R$ ?4 Z
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"I'm I'll Thanksgiving. It's a I a you." talking, I her. "Yes? it? specific?" a closer, close. I faster, mine. I inside.
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"Can I Amie?"
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I nodded, side. me. ear, "Will me? I I'll you. pretty, you're Amie." I a tighter, I cheek, "You beautiful." I skin, soft, I felt... ever!
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I whispered, "Yes, I Margaret." me, I begged. "Please a longer, don't yet?" nodded. "I I'm I start, I'll stop."  D3 \0 i; }% W1 P
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I neck. I unsure, I I I unsure. I tighter. "I've a kiss, way." back. hair. cheek. lips. I a ever, I I felt. kiss, "I'll you. I can't again. me?"
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I eyes, whispered, "I'll waiting."0 H( j: l) G! i( O- `
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weeks, I talking, days, shelter. I "off" a her. I driver, room. I box. head.
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"Amie, I'd me." it, I I contents, books. "GED Guide."
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I Sarah, I confused. "I'd diploma."
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I stunned, I didn't say, said. "I you, I don't, you, me, yourself."4 a# y- g7 `% C7 o
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I cry, I her. studied, dinner, classroom. strict, grammar, algebra, history. I a a test, tall. I a GED. shelter. I a o'clock. wiser, Margaret, I thought. back. I a a computer, a screen, a pencils.3 ]: u0 J$ q" z: Q0 i7 R3 f

+ M! M) h4 ?" ["Miss Scott, timed, parts. automatically exam. I'll observing. a break, asking. room, I you. a hall."/ }2 c! W8 c) G7 b) s: s$ N
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"Yes ma'am." I nodded.
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+ a$ T5 E! C7 t) }: N8 M) d# u"Are start?" I nodded. computer, information. "You start." later, off. A I finished.
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"Ma'am? It's completed, I've finished," I said, tight. me. "Okay, weeks. leave, Scott."
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I her. now, I I long. I lobby, quietly, a book.- `1 `! B) ?" }* Y
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"Sarah?" I whispered. warmly. "Ready?" nodded, I stand. phone. waited, a eye. "I today. doing."+ g/ J% V7 Q" a" \1 |

1 ?" H% H1 q: a: _* o"Sarah? her? I didn't tell... well, I didn't Worker." I admitted. a wink. "She asked, yes, I home."
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night, dinner. I kitchen, chopping, slicing, dessert. o'clock a ham. night, a a supper. early.
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I dressed, on. I a a salad. I a two.
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Suddenly, I a open. in! a beat. her, over, a hug, cheek. I a two, them, dinner. I fixed, I her. coat, bathroom..
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I her, didn't reply.) q' q1 ], e/ d* I" n

' r/ ~; @4 M) B, F1 r$ \3 C) G"Margaret, wrong!"
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. H( ?* L5 ?% HI panicked. "She isn't right. Hurry! quick, eyes!" kitchen. grandmother's in. "Call Mom! here, hurry!"8 \( R, u7 i! z- ?+ E4 G

/ J& f- ?2 d$ P( p8 w  ]: qI dialed, shaking. "Jennifer! fast! Sarah. ambulance, please!" I receiver.
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I Margaret. "What I do?"# |' A0 s" u9 D# ^- e

6 c8 ?8 _3 m7 ^% z; M: H' g- y) h"Help recliner." 911 recliner.
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Together, recliner. nightgown, breathing. A later, cottage." ^& R& m  Q: ~+ y
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"Mom? Margaret?" out.
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1 g: m, b8 p0 \4 y( |I kitchen, do. A horrible, stomach. I wrong? 911 dispatcher, her. didn't long, minutes, arrived. door, a face, ambulance. heels. night, me, "Come on, let's go! me!"5 s, i1 f+ p+ |

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I shut, could, Nelson's car. a vehicle, chest. I wrong? I her? I shower? I done! up, over, cheeks. I seat, windshield, I a breath, overflowed, I hard.$ P8 V/ e) W) n5 @% G
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"Hey!" said. a scold, head. weeks, me. hard, me, shelter. me, a head. I out. I this. flowing, suddenly, me.
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) W: _- F9 P* J/ a! C"I this! studying, exam... I this! I test!" I screamed, violently. "Maybe shower. I hot? I hard?" I her, Margaret, one. I console, gently. "Amie! Please, down. didn't this."
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I sobs, her. head, death. died, I I do. I'd back. I Steubenville. I a disappear.5 n" U( z( e9 v) B+ J# l' }" V" U& `
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"I'm sorry, Margaret," I out.
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"Hey," said, a steady, nurse's comfort. "Breathe, Amie. a second.") a( Z* l2 B8 ~9 P; G$ Z# |
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I her, wide, blurry, tears.
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5 P' ?! ~, b' x1 Z0 N"This fault," firmly, exact, brain. "She a history, okay? didn't wrong. me. We're this, I, breathe." I it, hospital's lot. stopped, doors.
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I behind, a bit, myself. Eventually, car. I I hadn't a time.! \5 f6 ~$ R) P+ Z4 i! d

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I door, night, entrance.
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me. I head, tightening, family. me. a side.
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"Thank you, Amie," whispered. "Margaret did, room."
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: F( m* Z8 w4 S* r8 m: r"Here, lady," a interrupted.
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! y1 s" _/ Y  S) V1 TI a coffee. Jennifer. I a you, cup., W: ]- Z8 c! E2 Z

" @4 j9 |$ H: ^+ n; wI I them, entrance, chairs. A me, instantly.
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"I wrong, Judge!" I gasped, back. "I I wrong!" mine, shoulders. "Amie, relax. me. Security, you're fine, Amie."
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Then, I Margaret's hand, tight. "Hey, thing. so. good, Amie!"1 g7 K) `; E* T$ J4 j( h8 _
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I her, a flutter. a pull. "How I now, her?"# v( Y3 @6 F" O. x

$ p% `5 c' x: a1 cI eagerly. mine, area. a curtain. turned, gently, hand. "Come on. It's okay." curtain, again. bed, weak, face.
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"Amie," mask, corners. "They me." smiled.0 y! {8 D+ h- S  ?
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"I'm sorry, Sarah. I'm sorry," I gently. I railing, a forehead. I couldn't I emotional, overwhelming. a seconds, long, a decision, bed.
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! n; T8 S7 T4 O& v. I% G0 Y"Come me," ear, wrist. I hadn't time, I I didn't all. night. a moment, head, a stop. a bench. together. hadn't mine, hadn't hers.
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"I timing," said, me, "but I I yesterday."' B0 I3 N6 Q$ i( }

. n3 x( }3 I4 z. E  D2 nI her. "Grandmother time," a chuckle. forward, a ear. "I've I here, Amie." closer, mine. "Mom I'm gay. a out, though."
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( {; X6 P* B3 ?% s) JI her, throat. "Margaret... I don't a history. I mean, I'm a girl..." I words, flustered. tighter, patiently." N( {6 \  }0 C. c9 M
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"I'm say," I whispered, fingers, "on street, I things. sleep, eat... sex. time, a times, I to." didn't flinch. didn't go. Instead, in, a tender, cheek, skin, "I so, survive." swelled. "I don't a girlfriend, Margaret. I've never..." again, chill. "I'd girlfriend, Amie. I'd you. heart." I chest, pocket. out, screen. "Hi, Mom. Okay... we'll there." phone, jeans. me, a face. "Grandmother now. she's us."2 d# r) _: D5 u/ E1 A: U) `3 Y/ u' U

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I forehead. " watch, Colonel. I'm couch. Don't Amie." closed, breathing. quiet. said, cottage, Sarah. morning. commented, "Not early, sleep."
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I bed. this, winked.
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8 ]" P6 h) u& c5 C: u5 v3 }/ g' X1 X"You I I you. I wasn't couch, I girlfriend."4 J! R6 C6 T5 Y" I
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I I that. "I've..." couch. "The though, thinking." bedroom. light. sweatshirt. bra." A1 }: x" p$ F4 s# p. P

  k4 P7 o6 i& l% ?* y7 Z"I'll bathroom?" I nodded. bathroom. raced, I underwear, I now?: }! P8 e* e  W/ ]8 w$ p- Q9 Z
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"Margaret, I I you." bra. whispered, "I'll I won't you, tonight."6 U2 D2 _- B' w4 H! t' I
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I nodded, hard. "Please." her. I shoulder. peppermint. blanket, fingers.
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# @! K4 b. [7 |/ O. b7 K"You tonight, Amie," hair. hand. "When you've Grandmother... I special. tonight? life."
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$ m) o* k- o3 c! Q$ R' S"Oh, Amie..." Margaret's me, closer. "Her won't loved. that's you've doing, her." words, loosened. I neck, skin. I eyes, comforted.
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! v, S% Y+ B9 r1 \, C"Then let's rest, a morning."! q4 d' o  U$ R. K) H
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"I I stop," whispered, eyes. "I girlfriend, Amie. I it's cherished.") y! s: D  v1 T

( \" a; @5 u* {7 ]3 j8 K" u0 l"I too," I whispered, chest. "I just... I don't I'm doing."" ]0 F0 @4 }/ J. O" n* k
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% s: l9 g* Z$ s3 t3 S( F( bI asleep. "Good Margaret."* |" F/ g# U8 d/ `0 D9 u1 j
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5 R3 u. @+ e- r$ s1 bI 23rd December, I I shelter. a commitment, Sarah's passion. I back. Sadly, didn't passion. a week. I left, I I me. it. cottage, Jennifer's, Nancy's finally, Margaret's. a me, I a bit. However, cottage, all. didn't mind, all. cottage, I off, bad, off. dim, off, dim. I a out. I inside, I table.' p& Y% x$ A- l3 _$ O
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! f) @+ d- d) S: W1 r! \7 p3 |! ^5 _5 m"Is alright?" I house, I didn't her. "You're tomorrow." a me. "Grandmother fine, it's dinner." closer, I maintained. "What a I bed?" hers. cheek. "I didn't laundry, I don't have..." I head.7 Y! P" E, L1 }" B: z

. U* S) \! q! Y9 X7 |3 f- i"Come please." bedroom. a jeans, a box, a box." |7 @: A+ z9 T& f- ?4 v  J3 ?

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"Because I to." softly. "Why don't first."
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I lid, I paper, it. I that, I a sweater, thick, colored. I her.
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"Because." winked.
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9 z3 I; ?3 t/ [- v8 N3 I, _5 NI box, a second, a green. I flowed. "Margaret, shouldn't are, it's much." ear. "I it's nothing, sales, me, it." back, "Now box, I upset."  L6 k+ @0 e  p, z& L4 f. w+ @
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I nervousness. I box. whispered. "I size. I tags." I I I have. a a camisole. I out, underwear. underwear, kind. I Margaret, smiling.
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4 B$ b5 s; m+ y/ H# \) {"I've never, I can't ever, Margaret. loving." I I ever. "Thank Margaret."
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# f" w# m! O9 n5 I" i0 I: @$ k"Now, let's a shower, yourself," winked, "and me. we'll dinner.". m+ _6 w; }+ T, k6 y9 U, J

1 i/ ^7 S9 m1 |I head. "Okay." bedroom.
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/ I2 T5 X1 ^: z$ pI I dinner, simple, sauce. mine, I blushed. I life, ever.% n$ h( T# C9 P. _6 n3 g( A* S
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"I didn't hair, I was..." hers.# Y2 I7 _: J3 P
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: r- c6 z2 e9 b3 ~"Let's napkins, I don't sweater, a dinner. we'll her. ours." a dinner, device, a walker, cottage. I a shower, her, bed. I a night's sleep, asked, "Were surprised?"
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- {" e  q" a( T, p' S/ b6 HI whispered, "Yes ma'am, I was." I forehead. "Thank Sarah." moment, I stay. giving. Yet, I a pride, her.
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I closed, I her, I chatted, music. o'clock stood. bedroom. together, I tempted, I her, I other's arms.
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9 X, G! G/ t  t+ I: C  U"Good Margaret. alive. I Sarah, it's duty." softly.
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) j% p0 `- V) w8 Y0 C' u8 g"I'll you, all, Grandmother." more.
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"I don't other. Don't differently." wisdom, door, arrived. o'clock, I a area. I door. Jennifer, Sarah, yes, Nelson. a more, "Santa" them.
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I Margaret's. lunch. a weary, home, cleanup. I evening, a I wasn't needed. I insistent. I off, family.
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I and, dressing, panties. dark, Sarah's I paused, confused, I a shadows.
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"Amie? alright?"
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I turned, was, warmth, December, all. I nodded, relieved. I hall, hand, together. I ear, I a reason.
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! k" O1 O+ F" X0 l4 q- |$ E6 D+ iSarah, Margaret, I a quiet, morning. I Margaret. I kitchen, I bedroom. closet, I room.+ G4 }; X8 t( F# d

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8 v! u% z, Z8 w% O0 c% Z/ \4 p$ L"Sarah, isn't much, I I wasn't anything. me." lid. frame. Inside, I a a certificate. Sarah, me. purpose, other, kindness, respect, importantly, love. life. I you, I day, it, me. Sarah, I'll debt, I me. me! friend,
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I cheeks. I a down. "Merry Christmas, Sarah."/ F8 i4 h2 w) `2 |2 d' o1 V7 o

8 o9 {' p* W7 S9 ?" j3 u# sI gift, her. "I don't money, I you. you, Sarah, heroine." a moment. Sarah, frame, "You're hero" light, Margaret's eyes, too.* R8 C) M; P$ }' g" x; X+ }

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$ n7 `. S0 f$ h( V- j, P"I did," I whispered. "You hero, I you." her. out, hands, me. "I'll this, you, forever. yes, I you, Scott."
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I o'clock, wanted. ready. a Nelson. house, Nelson's me, core. I path, a firm, walker, waist. Still, foyer, knots. instantly. a temple, me. a warning. recovered, a visiting. wavered. something, dinner, I there. I food, liked, didn't a finger. tired, I cottage. I to. I Nelson, I steady.
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) b) t0 \4 g, d  r2 r: l: Y9 P" n2026 arrived, a week, Thursdays, shelter. there, I side, I me, built. Sadly, I reality, weaker. May, a Sarah's house. I wasn't anymore. I Sarah's caretaker. I chair, people. a celebration, a chest. hadn't home. Year's I lips. conversations shared. party, I a all, song. o'clock cottage. Sadly, her. wasn't anymore, short, distances, walls. I cottage. night, different. I I become. arrive. Margaret's processed. month. I was, paths.
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a weeks, relationship. a offers, wasn't I be. Sarah, July's humidity. afternoon, I'd a a halt.
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I a water. I room, stomach. recliner. shallow, a strange, chest, color.
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"Miss Sarah?" I whispered, floor. didn't blink. didn't move. Panic, sharp, chest. I' U* M9 m5 D9 p
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Margaret! I 911. inside. "Hurry Jennifer!" 911 do, I I Margaret, a nurse, me. ambulance. quickness, happening. assistance, floor. her, didn't CPR, breathing.$ l- y  n: Z$ p& w
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I hand. cold, been. same, Sarah's mother's. I know, end. plus. Then, love, love..
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I forehead, whispered, "I'll down, ma'am. I I'll down."6 U0 Z: K! r% d$ W* o0 I! ^$ c

$ c2 k1 C3 t5 n& c( m1 cI brave, frankly, I I mother's bedside. I room, , Mr. Newsome, Margaret. I a room, I could.
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I hide, I didn't found. a Mr. in. a away, passed./ d! o2 s# C, N* r: P
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I didn't bed. I blanket. I corner, window, room. I wasn't bring. a time, I sleep.  k+ `3 ]0 u; T5 x6 l
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I room, again. I I belonged, I belong. changes. leave, done. I I I me. enough?
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Damn. I open. "Amie?" I Judge's out. I Margaret. "Amie, honey?"
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# S; f, j9 }$ T"I don't either, Maggy," I whisper.
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I hall, cottage. again. "I'm sorr... sorry, Judge. I have..." arms. "Oh, Amie. safe." tighter, I harder. "I'm sorry, Judge. I'm mother." hug, I a backward, Margaret. "Margaret, I'm grandmother. I am."
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0 x4 B- _5 k3 k! A7 @! Y. \2 y"Amie, go?" softly.# N! ~) k2 v; ]8 O; H- X+ K# O) _$ R) e

: l1 ?2 t- V' Y) ~0 S# B5 bI face, daughter. "Where I belong. there, done. I'll shelter. I there." up. "You thing. I you." forward, I back.8 D! b# g3 l  T5 D: `0 M+ ]
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"Margaret, I you, I do, I don't here. I can't, I you..."
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% E4 A3 E; F, x" @4 F9 F5 q1 p1 ?I stop, somehow, I finish. "I Margaret, first, me." I admitted, "Yes I inside, I means. I'm a kid, I'm a runaway."
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I her. "Margaret, I can't. I something, and..." me. I place, eyes, too. brown, eyes. I shivered.) \, `! M( j& M) \8 H5 e9 O
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"Margaret, please..." gently, softly, I completely. me, a hug. ever, I I wasn't of. I over, I didn't anymore.! g; [7 J. k2 R2 @+ ^
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I murmured, "I'll you, Margaret." knee. "Then Amie." knee, fingers, knees. I her. I I couldn't this.
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"Yes Margaret, yes!" softly, hall, hand. a stop.
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"Mom?" a a both. tears, us, "I'm you." Margaret's cheek. well.$ z7 P; R3 `. @9 a$ }) ]6 p

% n1 }0 S. ^: j: m"I'm you, I Amie."
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  a' A; E5 f% {/ Vlater, Sarah's us. a wonderful, afternoon. estate, tree, I wedding, much, a up. A Jennifer's tree, center, sun. started. I a beautiful, dress, flowers. away, "flutter" good, lawn. stunning, father. slow, steps. , gaze. me, me, me, a firm, nod.
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"Amie, I grow, love. I marriage." Margaret's back, loved. a quiet, a Mountains, noise. cabin, outside, cherished. time. experienced! one. soft, intense, a past.1 i  S. V1 ?9 n# A1 M
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I wasn't a anymore. I a wife. Road, anticipation.. hospital, a bright, passion. loved, belonged.
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Me? Well, I didn't cottage, now. day, work, I a shelter, dignity. door, brick, a I time. a sign, her.
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Women's office. I counter. I , facility, a a a give.
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"Don't now. You've far, Scott."
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I smile, home, room.* L( E6 l' F- w2 b! R; c

  C7 l4 D5 G1 x; h' q2 bI'll down, ma'am. I promise.
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