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160 - Own Free Will
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2024-11-29 22:00:00ARAH
All she wanted was to escape to another memory. The thought of staying, of witnessing what she feared might happen, made her stomach churn. She wasn’t sure she had the strength to watch if her worst guess came true.
“What are we going to do, Rose?” Lily whispered, her body trembling next to her sister.
“We’ll run. Like Mama taught us,” Rose replied in a hushed tone.
The girls turned and bolted, their breaths
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