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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
A PLAN
May 19, 2021
ZACK
“She killed herself. She drowned herself in this lake.” The second secret that I unveiled to Finn.
It’s such a good burst of relief and it lessens the weight that I carry in my chest once I finally let out those things to someone. But the pain of my mother’s death and secrets will forever remain in my life.
They said that when you get hurt you will never forget the pain that it caused you, but instead you’ll outgrow it, you’ll learn from it. But why is it different for me? Why do I always have to suffer in the same fucking pain and the same reason -- that she left me hanging filled with questions and agony?
I felt my eyes sod as I reme
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