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last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-03-13 23:58:18

Mario's POV

She was still frozen in place, pressed against the wall, her eyes wide in shock as she looked at me. And then; I saw it.

Pity.

It hit me harder than anything else. Harder than the memories, harder than the rage that had been boiling in my gut for years. That look on her face, it was like she had already decided I was broken. That I was something to be fixed.

I stepped back. My hands were still clenched. My whole body felt stiff, like I had been tied too tight, like if I moved too much, I’d snap in half.

What the fuck did I just do?

I had buried this pain for so long, locked it away so deep that even my own brother didn’t know the details. And now? I had handed it to her. Laid it all out like an open wound, a fucking invitation for her to poke and prod at it.

Fuck.

"You—" she started.

I didn’t want to hear it. I didn’t want to hear whatever was about to come out of her mouth.

"Get out." My voice was low, too calm.

She hesitated. She was still looking at me like that, like s
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