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Just Hold On

Author: Ms. Chiamaka
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Savannah

I didn’t move for a moment after that. The room felt heavier somehow, like the walls had shifted closer without making a sound. The air itself seemed thick, and too still. I kept staring at the blood pooling under that door, even as Clint’s breathing steadied behind me. It was strange, how quiet a place could be with so much violence sitting just on the other side of it.

“Savannah,” Clint said finally, quieter than before. He wasn’t soft, but he knew to be careful with me right now. He spoke like he was approaching a wounded animal that still had enough strength to bite.

But I didn’t answer him at first. I just exhaled slowly and wiped my palms against my jeans, feeling the tremor still running through my fingers. Every part of me wanted to walk out of that office and never look back. But another part stayed rooted in place, because I needed answers. Real ones, even if they were brutal. I didn’t need the half-truths he’d been dishing out like rationed water anymore.

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