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37: Scarred (Part II)
Emily lowered her head to get a view of David's face, and she saw his lips pucker like he was about to cry.
"She's always beating me on my back," he confessed. "She'll take me to an empty room and tell everyone I was going to help her with something. And that's when she'd flog me. Marks are even starting to form on my back."
Her eyes widened slightly, but she recollected herself before he'd be wavered by her shocked expression. "Let me see them."
David didn't like the idea and his face showed it. But Emily reassured him with a look.
With shaky hands, he raised his shirt, turning his back to her. There was, in fact, healing line marks scarring the poor boy's back — about five bold marks if she were to count.
Emily's eyes stung with tears.
Mercy ran over to
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