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Chapter 172

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Chapter 172: The Depth Of Riley's Trauma

RILEY

I hadn't even noticed it was missing until that moment. The thick metal chain that Mama Sophia had made me wear every day for as long as I could remember - the one that made it hard for me to talk about certain things, hard to remember certain details - it was gone.

I remembered having it when Mama Sophia pushed me off that cliff, remembered the weight of it around my neck as I fell. But somehow, sometime since then, someone had taken it off me. I
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Heartless cruel beings
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i know. they are like weeds. when you think they are gone, one pops out
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Cant breathe. I need air in my lungs. I need fresh air. Ah. *inhale* *exhale* THOSE TWO SISTERS!!!!! FCK THEM!!!!!!! HOW DARE THEY HURT MY BABY RILEY!!!!!!!!! DAMN THEM!!!!!!!!!
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