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  • As I turn to leave my room for school I stop at the mirror, my long sleeve shirt is just long enough to cover up the bruises on my arms, ...
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  • Chapter 4 Oh Lucy your back! Oh Lucy how are you? Oh Lucy, oh Lucy, oh Lucy, oh Lucy...... "Oh Lucy! Lucy dear, time to wake up!" High School. It ...
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  • Today is the day that Charlie is leaving. Mom will make a big fuss out of it and then later she will get drunk and blame me for the destruction ...
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  • Lucky me he is not home yet. But mom is. Hmm I wonder if she’ll ask questions. Probably not. At least Charlie isn’t here. He's notorious for asking too many ...
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  • "Don’t worry; he's moving out of the house" I reply shortly. "Oh and leaving you behind with all the bad things that happened and will happen to you? Hmm? Doesn’t ...
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  • "Lucy your here, I see you are feeling better." Are you really cheating on my again Dominic? "What are you doing with that girl?" I say. "I can do whatever ...
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  • uncertainty about tomorrow will there be grief? sorrow? surplus or debt? will there be new wars? or just the same old ones am I getting paid? will I wake up? ...
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  • chapter 3 I always hate the drive to Dominic's hang out. The whole entire time my hands are shaking. At least this time I know that I can only be ...
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  • "I don’t think I am going to tell you just so you’re not tempted" Wow he's a smart one. "Ok then when are you going?" I say. "In about 20 ...
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  • These past few days have been terrible. It’s what I call a living nightmare. After what Charlie calls "Lucy's mental break down" we had to go to the doctor’s office ...
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