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The woman, Maria

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Liora

“It's none of your business, and get back inside!” he snapped in a voice colder than I’d heard in a long time then the door slammed shut behind him.

I stood there, staring at the door, half-expecting him to walk back in and say he didn’t mean it.

But the silence that followed told me he wasn’t coming back.

And I didn’t even know how to feel.

I should’ve been pissed. On a normal day, I would’ve flipped, thrown something, maybe shouted after him. After all he doesn't get to decide if I go inside or not! But right now, I just… couldn’t.

Because my head was still spinning.

The way he held that woman. The way she screamed.

Who was she?

I was sure I’ve never seen her before,

Yet she came at me like I’d stolen her life. There was something unhinged about the way she moved, screaming, her voice cracking with something too raw to be fake.

I mean I’d barely made it halfway down the stairs when her eyes locked on me like I was some kind of demon, and next thing I knew, she was lunging lik
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    Liora“It's none of your business, and get back inside!” he snapped in a voice colder than I’d heard in a long time then the door slammed shut behind him.I stood there, staring at the door, half-expecting him to walk back in and say he didn’t mean it.But the silence that followed told me he wasn’t coming back.And I didn’t even know how to feel.I should’ve been pissed. On a normal day, I would’ve flipped, thrown something, maybe shouted after him. After all he doesn't get to decide if I go inside or not! But right now, I just… couldn’t.Because my head was still spinning.The way he held that woman. The way she screamed.Who was she?I was sure I’ve never seen her before,Yet she came at me like I’d stolen her life. There was something unhinged about the way she moved, screaming, her voice cracking with something too raw to be fake. I mean I’d barely made it halfway down the stairs when her eyes locked on me like I was some kind of demon, and next thing I knew, she was lunging lik

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