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Chapter 7-trapped

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Olivia

My hands trembled as I folded Johnson's last clean shirt into our worn suitcase. The fabric was soft from too many washings, but it smelled like home, what little home we had left. My heart felt like it was breaking into a thousand pieces, each fragment cutting deeper than the last.

"Olivia?" Johnson's weak voice came from the bed where he sat, still pale from his treatment. "Are we really leaving?"

I forced a smile for my little brother's sake, even though tears burned behind my eyes. "It's going to be okay. We'll figure something out."

But I was lying, and we both knew it. Where would we go? How would we afford Johnson's medication? The questions spiraled in my mind like a nightmare I couldn't wake up from.

The blue dress Daniel had given me lay crumpled in the corner where Emily had thrown it after tearing it to shreds. She'd destroyed everything we owned with such hatred in her eyes, calling me names that still echoed in my ears. The memory of her cruel laughter made my st
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