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A simple request

last update publish date: 2026-02-07 20:11:05

Marilyn’s POV

I told myself I was doing the right thing.

I repeated it in my head like a prayer as I sat on the chair beside Annabelle’s bed, watching her sleep. Her breathing was shallow but steady now, her fingers curled tightly around the edge of the blanket as if even in sleep she was afraid the world might take something else from her.

She needed me.

That was the truth I clung to.

If I left her alone, if I handed her over to strangers, even kind ones, she would shrink back into herse
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