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Nia nearly crumble down on the busy high way when the window she leaned on suddenly burst open.
Her right foot slide down and she lost her balance. She got scared thinking that she will fell off face first on the cold pavement down the busy street without even saying anything to her mother for the past few days!
Her heart sank when she didn't even hold on to the window pane!
Nia closed her eyes to think straight--to clear the anxiety that is starting to build up--when a hand grabs her before she could go down further.
"Jeez, woman! What are you thinking when you decide to hang out here? It's very dangerous when it's twenty floors downwards!"
She abruptly hold on to the man's hand for her to survive. The man instantaneously tighten the grip on her knuckles and pull her up the window.
She careen on the floor after touching the other unit's floor. Her breathing
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