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All too familiar

Author: Elsa Gold
last update publish date: 2026-05-07 00:26:07
Nova's point of view

I pulled my knees to my chest and wrapped my arms around them, sitting in a quiet corner of the street. My suitcase stood beside me, useless, just like me.

It all felt too familiar….this trembling, this uncontrollable helplessness. My chest rose unevenly, and before I could stop it, the past came rushing back.

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I was nine again, curled up outside a door that would not open. “I’m sorry… I’m sorry…” My voice had been hoarse even then, breaking over words I di
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