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My cold skin was slick with morning dew when I pulled myself from it to start the hunt for a trinket to present Missy with. 223Please respect copyright.PENANA9uLJZCyQsg
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I still had some time before her voice would call on the wind. I'd find something beautiful to add to the collection I had already bestowed her with. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAMh1MbyJsiO
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Last time was a crumpled can stuffed with plucked wildflowers. I could do better this time. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAJRup0tBshO
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My hunt turned up an empty paper cup still with the plastic lid and straw attached. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAEmY9v8bjKu
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My heart thudded with excitement when I pulled the straw free to place it down. I turned my attention to the plastic lid that I flipped over and sliced with my claw into segments. 223Please respect copyright.PENANApSPKaCOKO1
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Ripping the paper cup along its length, I tore it into smaller segments, each with poked holes in the middle, so I could split it like I had done with the cup and fold in the rough edges. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAZSMIO7Sfap
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I pushed and crimped the paper until all the layers came together on the plastic bottom. I forced the straw back through, squashing the top into a ball. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAkDxgcWCdX6
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I held up my flower with pride, twirling its torn petals to see it present the flashes of colour that had been printed on the cup. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAV4Pqq6Ifnb
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Would she like it? Should I make more? 223Please respect copyright.PENANACdWFydG02d
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I scanned the roadside to see a bottlecap embedded into the gravel there. There was a plastic bag further to my right. 223Please respect copyright.PENANADsb5RaULJS
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One would do then. 223Please respect copyright.PENANA7Oz9dLOrEy
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Bartie was already there when I made my travel with the straw gently gripped around my teeth. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAf1fAYazSw1
He held a magazine today that was folded on the crossword page. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAacPVXrcPfg
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"You be good to her, Soup!" he warned me with a raise of the paper while I continued past him "don't be giving her trouble, you hear?" 223Please respect copyright.PENANAzYiRLvxuMs
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I caught sight of Missy's red hair stuffed beneath her blue helmet outside her house. She had on a dark red trench coat over her yellow dress that tried to peek beneath it. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAwhz8W6ml0F
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She was going somewhere. She never wore that red jacket any other time. It was her best one. 223Please respect copyright.PENANA1ccJWeFKEN
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I raced along the tracks towards her and watched as she wheeled out her scooter to haul up the stand. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAX9zLhLngfw
Everything inside me fell at the sight of her laying down a bowl of water and thin vegetable soup in the grass she stomped down. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAN6IYgdQNIE
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"I've got to go" she apologised through her saddened tone "It’s not much, but I think it should be delicious."223Please respect copyright.PENANAuVjUsnPle7
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Wasn't she taking any for herself? The crate was only filled with parcels again. She didn't have room to fit food. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAj3Qsy4Tett
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I lifted up the flower to her when she sat on her scooter to heave it forwards off the stand. The whole thing lurched but she wrestled it under control so she could start it up. 223Please respect copyright.PENANACr0pcbq3R1
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"Thank you" she smiled warmly to it, her eyes softening at the gesture "I'll hang onto this, OK? Maybe the people at the big city will like it?" 223Please respect copyright.PENANAh0lrelVAIe
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No. It was only for you to enjoy. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAcNS3k9wNey
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"Got to go!" Missy panicked and shoved the flower down the side of the parcels when she looked ahead to see the train racing along the tracks "love you! Be good!" 223Please respect copyright.PENANARn6gJKNOZk
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She took off as fast as her scooter would allow her. It cut a path through the grass and struggled to keep up as the train easily graced the beginning of the bridge and powered on. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAO2ugBb0nek
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I watched her speed for it desperately. Inside, I was hoping she would be just a little bit too late so she would have to come home and enjoy her time with me. 223Please respect copyright.PENANANo0cWhO2B6
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I saw her skid when she turned the corner to fly across the tracks and rush to park up her scooter while the train pulled into the station with a huff of its brakes. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAfVEtxz63O1
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Her figure fumbled with her parcels and the flower before jumping aboard with only mere moments to spare. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAXwGQZXaKDt
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The train blared its horn then peeled from the station to quickly gather speed past the house. 223Please respect copyright.PENANALC0Z4xD36U
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Missy slammed open a window, waving out to me. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAmvzGuTEzQT
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"I'll see you tonight, Soup!" she called out "sorry!" 223Please respect copyright.PENANAM2ThMbQoiK
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Her hand hung out the window, waving for a little while longer, until it was pulled back inside by the momentum speeding her off into the distance. 223Please respect copyright.PENANANIqfPhDG6z
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I didn't chase her today. I just sat there with the watery soup, trying to drag out its bitter flavour that was far too diluted to even be called food. 223Please respect copyright.PENANA96KYeenuQ2
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Not her best. She must have put everything into that nice one last night. It was a compromise she was willing to take. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAcWrDPnIKr8
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She'd be gone for hours. Maybe I could do something helpful and try to find a way to trickle some extra funds into her pocket? 223Please respect copyright.PENANAkI1No5tdmz
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I peered back to the house she had left in a hurry instead.223Please respect copyright.PENANALhw5JWoSrj
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She'd benefit more if I prepared something for her to come home to. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAOTHFQHqKiD
It'd be a nice surprise to have a warm house and hot food. She could even believe Bartie had waddled his way down here to do it for her. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAni89xaITEh
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A stretch, but a believable one. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAAhHrD3glL1
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I knew Missy didn't have locks on her windows. I could climb through the kitchen one and start there. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAIp4ps3bv91
She always locked her front and back doors. There was no use trying that. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAfsnObcWZke
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I clambered over the sink piled with dirty dishes and pots beneath the window, hooking my toes in the basin on my awkward crawl through. I desperately gripped onto the stone bench so I didn't slice my feet on the knives laid across it and go tumbling to the ground. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAZPZRZvMDY1
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After managing to unfold myself from the kitchen bench, I stood there to grimace at the mess left behind. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAaUBHat5eak
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She really must have been in a rush. The pot from last night was here too with some water in the bottom to soak off the residue that clung to the water like a film. 223Please respect copyright.PENANA5ghnivmCQX
Utensils littered the cold water I dipped my claws into, and splatters of soup were still speckled across the oven behind me. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAnBIbKgjRaw
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She'd be so pleased she wouldn't have to tackle this when she got back in her exhausted state. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAp8ghBjruwq
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I'd be better to do this in my human form. I could even give it some care too with a hot shower and proper food from Missy's fridge. She wouldn't notice if a little of it went missing. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAd9yz8OU91Q
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I shivered in anticipation at the thought of warm water and soothing soap sliding over my skin. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAPzuvdqjYr3
It was a luxury I hadn't had since I decided to live like this. 223Please respect copyright.PENANA2phlaF0wEm
People weren't exactly throwing bars of soap or bathtubs on the side of the road either. 223Please respect copyright.PENANADY8TpJRPct
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Finding the shower was easy in her little home with barely any rooms within it. 223Please respect copyright.PENANASbCNdAnELG
The kitchen and loungeroom beside it were one combined area by the front door. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAh3oOjFNXKC
The door to the left was her sewing room. The one beside that was her bedroom. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAMlWNIfycbE
The back door had another to the right of it where I finally found the bathroom and the shower piled with all sorts of scrubs, lotions, and soaps.
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I didn't know how dirty I was until I reformed my skin and stepped into the warmth billowing clouds of heat around me. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAEHrNA5hzk5
The water ran like mud from my body I scrubbed at and slathered with all sorts of food-scented products. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAYp1k8tn517
My black hair was saved from most of the neglect since it fell out when I took my wild form. Having it sprout back so rapidly made it burn at my scalp I tried to calm with cooling shampoos and conditioners. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAn3SovMnLbL
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Missy didn't own any clothing that would fit me, and I wasn't about to go digging through her belongings to make sure. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAMxgUzMiAdW
The dark blue towel I buffed my body with became my new skirt I tied around my waist to have some sort of decency during the housework. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAekt8RDL84Q
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I flipped on the radio she had nestled on a cupboard in the kitchen and felt the energy of the music flood through me. It motivated me to hunt through the cupboards for spray and cloth so I could start on the splatter on the walls. 223Please respect copyright.PENANA7L0KWS51lw
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I drained the old water to fill the sink and pick through the dangerous submerged mess beneath the bubbles clouding them. I bopped to the contagious tunes, tapping my feet happily while seeing things slowly come together. 223Please respect copyright.PENANA3a0bzS6bPq
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Her couch in the living room had the crushed blanket on it refolded and draped in the middle. 223Please respect copyright.PENANACBRdevIHU8
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The coffee table had the magazines across it restacked into the corner. The empty cup of coffee dropped into the sink, and the ceramic coasters of mosaic landscapes were replaced in their holder. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAQl5hpW95op
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The back door was thrown open to let through the fresh breeze and filter out the stale air. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAoJ9kchbpqq
It swept through the home and back out the windows I peeled up to help move the positive energy through the home. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAtxP6fnz7wJ
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The garden a few steps from the back stairs was looking choked with weeds. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAdgwqanBSkV
I snatched up the basket at the backdoor and headed for the rows of vegetables drooping under the sunlight. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAw7yGuAFzCk
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Hosing them down filled me with satisfaction. Plucking out the grass and baby thistles gave her beloved vegetables a new hope in their raised beds I skimmed through for the biggest heads I could pluck. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAoTWaVlkjwU
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The garden was still in early stages of replanting. I only had a few carrots and potatoes to heap into the basket looped over my arm. The pumpkins tangled in a growth of leaves were far too small to rip from the stems, and the new row of corn was barely breaking the surface of the dirt. 223Please respect copyright.PENANA3wAOfwt70x
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Missy was also trying to grow a little bush of blueberries in the corner. There were strawberries showing promise through their nibbled leaves I lifted up to inspect. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAZjZcdMygdK
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Looked like rabbits. I'd have to deal with them before she baited them and tainted their meat. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAEYbxPoXyI2
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The new vegetables made a nice pile on the benchtop while I fished through the fridge to find the soups Missy had stored into reusable containers. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAN9pyNBeQKp
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The watery vegetable one could be poured into the nice beef one to bulk it out and diminish the poor taste. With all the flavour in the beef one, the added vegetables would give it more heart. The fresh ones I had washed and cut could help stretch it further for her without destroying her hard work.223Please respect copyright.PENANAFcc8pDzLeA
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The stove clicked and snapped to life to steadily boil the soups I poured into the pot over it. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAtdiHJvHurn
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A few herbs from the window wouldn't hurt. I threw them in too and increased the heat before continuing my cleaning of the house. 223Please respect copyright.PENANATdFB6YbNLT
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Music thumped through the silence when I stepped back to admire my work. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAQVRh4fW2Kg
The combined living area looked homely and inviting. On the coffee table I had even placed the baby thistles pulled from the garden into a little brown bottle I found sitting beside her bin. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAmZ50kqhptu
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Somehow, it worked. The spikes of the thistle leaves and the peeking purple fluffed at the top of the close heads added a rugged beauty to the wooden table. It wasn't soft wildflowers, but it was something I was sure she'd appreciate nether less. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAfLv1ez0cNA
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Saving the soup from the heat, I poured myself a steaming bowl and nestled into her couch to enjoy a job well done. 223Please respect copyright.PENANA6TaivcjOD6
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The flavour was as hearty as the original batch with the added rosemary clinging to the beef and the basil wrapped into the multitude of vegetables buried beneath the brown broth. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAAV2hW6bkcC
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Missy will love this. There wasn't a hint of the sadness that was the soup she had thrown together today. She'd come home to something that would warm her soul as much as mine. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAEyoWMljNBK
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I smiled around my spoon, savouring every bit of warmth slipping over my tongue. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAQnvw7qjKFV
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It'd be better if she came through those doors, expecting me to be here. She'd smile at the sight of me, and I'd go over to kiss her cheek before asking her how her day was. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAIpGOsgrCd9
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Maybe she'd have stories of the big city to tell? She did like this one man who pretended to be a statue in the square. It fascinated her how resolved he was amongst all the faces refusing to look at him. Missy liked to throw change into his hat just to see him smile. She understood his struggle a little too well. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAl4k4fbZSxX
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She could come speeding home, screaming out my name and jumping around the house that she sold every one of her dresses today. We'd hold each other and celebrate with a lavish cake from the bakery. 223Please respect copyright.PENANA1ItDUBPYhJ
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But I had to be gone before she saw me here. I wouldn't get to see her reaction or comfort her if it all went wrong. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAmXs5v2yjEY
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Missy usually never sold her dresses. I was expecting disappointment that I couldn't chase away. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAQo81zOxlt8
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"One day, Soup" I muttered to myself between another spoonful I gazed down at. 223Please respect copyright.PENANADwu1QcEIZJ
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A droning outside caught my attention and lifted my head from the bowl I cupped. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAr1yc0DkhXO
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I got to my feet and was on my way to the window when I saw the train barrel past with its lights illuminating my frozen stance. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAl1z4Y6uDiY
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Was it that time already?223Please respect copyright.PENANAPflNmc5ayC
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I wasn't expecting her home yet. The night sky was darkened outside and already starting to poke its stars through the rippling sky. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAbsNs0zUfjT
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Missy was in her way. I could hear her scooter whining for rest. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAz5gWCTv2BM
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Slamming the windows shut, I glanced around for anything else I had left out of place. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAHDmlndAg8i
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The front door slammed before I skidded to the oven to rip out a container from the cupboard below to tip the soup into, slopping some on the bench. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAn6o3jj5PgL
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The plastic wrap I slapped over it wasn’t going to seal the steam trying to pry it up on its way into the fridge. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAQtrLkBrCeU
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Did I have time to clean the pot? What about my bowl? 223Please respect copyright.PENANAkgXXqOw15z
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The scooter was getting closer and making my heart hammer in panic. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAh0XmmAQhi5
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I couldn't be seen here. Not like this. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAm7igAg4JOr
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Scrubbing frantically at the bowl, I managed to rub it clean and toss it into the cupboard with the rest. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAsZFJb4nlGJ
I still clutched the pot that I filled with water when I saw light flood the grass and Missy's scooter chop a new path through it towards the fence. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAzOJ7MlkMMd
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Dropping the pot clumsily, I bolted for the back door. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAxDgNq4F2Jx
I only stopped when I realised that the radio was still singing out as Missy leaned her scooter up in the front yard. 223Please respect copyright.PENANABYeWWoeH2Z
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Dashing back, I snapped the radio off and was scurrying for the back door while frantic feet hurried for the front. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAdTSnhSQqet
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I hid behind the door I closed behind me, trying to catch my breath that had escaped me in my desperate state. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAEDySGoBeIm
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"Hello?" Missy called out when she stepped inside "is someone there?" 223Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6AGJO020m
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She had heard the radio. Maybe she had heard me too? I hadn't exactly been silent in my rampage to remain unseen. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAAfVlpTk6dK
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Her rushing feet barrelling for the back door told me she had. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAcxC2f2q8YX
I jolted from it, squatting in the dirt as I tore at my skin that dropped the towel at my trembling feet. 223Please respect copyright.PENANA1FzJA4lUeb
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The back door opened to a flood of light over my hunched frame. It had me squinting up to try and see Missy's body failing to block most of it.223Please respect copyright.PENANAE3zV64yPw3
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I had forgot to turn them off. My heart dropped at my overlooked mistake that was so blatantly obvious. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAEnQ1N5v35g
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"Soup?" 223Please respect copyright.PENANAn2cD2Jo7Tm
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I didn't say anything. I was too busy trying to catch my breath without making it obvious I was struggling. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAOdT6zDtQeE
I was surprised she couldn't hear my heart hammering in my throat as I tried to swallow it back down. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAg4Wycog7He
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Her brown eyes didn't leave mine. They were flooded with worry and doubt. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAqMIUk202OS
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I wasn't still human, was I? 223Please respect copyright.PENANAsDGwukozLf
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Quickly, I scanned my hands to see claws in the place of nails. They pricked at my teeth that were shattered into points. 223Please respect copyright.PENANATm7pqsgaPD
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Missy looked back into the house with a frown, holding a thumb to it. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAi3FsTepXgL
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"Was that..." she hesitated, checking again "...you?" 223Please respect copyright.PENANAT6NwOff2GY
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She wasn't sure. All she could do was check the cleaned house then cock her head back at me. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAGpXw8PgtBe
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Missy crouched down and I could see the hem of her dress shaking under her red coat. Her eyes searched, trying to piece it all together. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAwGVvLbxnbX
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She was milling over her own silent conclusions, and I didn't like it. 223Please respect copyright.PENANA2K9kBwFWih
She looked at me different. Her eyes probed for answers she didn't want. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAqxxqi0TQ12
She swallowed and tried to steady her voice that wavered when it came out at barely a whisper. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAqIwVySHuol
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"Did you...?" 223Please respect copyright.PENANAa0oR3M0Ocg
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She shuffled forth and I backed up, searching for an exit that wasn't blocked in by her fence ringing the tiny yard dedicated to her garden I had ploughed through. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAK0k7BPNe07
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I had made it so obvious in my hope not to see the repercussions. It was meant to fall on someone else, not me. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAYVjZ3NrXjK
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I wasn't meant to be here. I couldn't be here. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAIMHGqODdiB
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I had to get out. I didn't want to see her fear flitting at me or listen to the way her breathing trembled. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAhzDqoMRg8y
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The front door was still open in Missy's pursuit for her intruder. I'd go for that. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAYEj89uIevo
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Missy backed up immediately when I darted around her and raced for the door. I hesitated on the front porch but saw her running after me.223Please respect copyright.PENANAaxC836CmQQ
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"Soup!" she called out, arm outstretched. 223Please respect copyright.PENANATdYjF4oVLa
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No. She couldn't see me here. 223Please respect copyright.PENANATZ01Dwk6cJ
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I scrambled down the stairs as her feet pounded on the wood behind me and slithered through the tall grass to find refuge only a few paces away. 223Please respect copyright.PENANA9gdIta3nPX
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Missy gripped the fence, scanning blindly with tears in her eyes. 223Please respect copyright.PENANA1V7p9C1jJg
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"Soup!" her voice called, shaking "wait! You don't have to go!" 223Please respect copyright.PENANAWkDCWcIEiy
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She covered her mouth with the back of her hand to try and stifle the sob that slipped through. 223Please respect copyright.PENANA9QduRViV3b
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I wanted to comfort her but knew I couldn't. She was already suspicious of my presence and would confirm her own theories if I returned. I'd ruin it for the both of us. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAXR1YdDhSje
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I moved, turning for the safety of the East. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAOgKvujeegl
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"Soup?" Missy sniffled at the rustling of the grass, her head lifting in my direction. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAXr5eaOlwZg
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I bolted for the tracks before she could try and call me back, keeping my eyes firmly on the safety of the bridge shrouded in darkness where I knew she wouldn't be able to reach me. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAFAP58wb1Iv
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She would have a clear head tomorrow. She'd sleep on her silly stories and realise that I couldn't possibly have done all that; her simple pet. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAQe0YDQy9EX
She'd be happy, knowing that she would still have no burdens in her life, and things would go back to pleasant chit-chat over food together.223Please respect copyright.PENANAMNCS9MeVD1
I'd love her silently and she would dream of bright futures where everyone wore her dresses. 223Please respect copyright.PENANAyvQj4ijMTJ
It would be how it was.