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Chapter 8

Author: Uju
last update publish date: 2026-04-15 01:27:28

Chapter 8

This was not how I pictured my death.

I always imagined I would be 93, lying in a pink casket with a yellow-themed burial ceremony. I never thought I would die at 20 with an axe in my chest, while my deranged stalker stood over me, laughing in my face.

Okay, fine. The axe wasn’t in my chest yet. But the way he stood there, made it feel inevitable.

While I ran.

He walked.

Like a predator who was sure of catching his prey, I felt like he was playing games with me, like he was punishing
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